Racial/ethnic differences in quality of life for people living with arthritis who see a primary care physician

Open Rheumatology Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 24-29

  Carpenter, Delesha M ^a   Schoster, Britta ^a   Shreffler, Jack H ^a   Callahan, Leigh F ^a  

^a UNC Hamner Institute for Drug Safety Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity limitations; Arthritis; Quality of life; Racial disparities

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEGRO; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF REPORT;

EID: 80053509403     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18743129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874312901105010024     Document Type: Article

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