Sexual dysfunction in rheumatoid arthritis: A hot but sensitive issue

British Journal of Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 1134-1137

  Palmer, Deborah ^a   Miedany, Yasser El ^b  

^a Darent Valley Hospital ^*

^b DARENT VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

PROMs; Rheumatoid arthritis; Sexual dysfunction

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053406462     PISSN: 09660461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/bjon.2011.20.17.1134     Document Type: Article

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