Parity, time since last live birth and long-term functional outcome: A study of women participating in the Norfolk Arthritis Register

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 642-645

  Camacho, E M ^a   Harrison, M ^a   Farragher, T M ^a   Lunt, M ^a   Bunn, D K ^a,b   Verstappen, S M M ^a   Symmons, Deborah P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NULLIPARA; PARITY; POLYARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; SYMPTOM; UNITED KINGDOM; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ENGLAND; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79952350509     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2010.140301     Document Type: Article

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