Arthritis, occupational class, and the aging US workforce

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 101, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1729-1734

  Caban Martinez, Alberto J ^a   Lee, David J ^a   Fleming, Lora E ^a   Tancredi, Daniel J ^b   Arheart, Kristopher L ^a   LeBlanc, William G ^a   McCollister, Kathryn E ^a   Christ, Sharon L ^c   Louie, Grant H ^d   Muennig, Peter A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES   (United States)

^e Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RETIREMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; RETIREMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051958805     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300173     Document Type: Article

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