Managing work life with systemic sclerosis

Rheumatology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 319-323

  Sandqvist, Gunnel ^a   Hesselstrand, Roger ^a   Scheja, Agneta ^a   Håkansson, Carita ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Daily life activities; Systemic sclerosis; Work; Workplace

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; JOB SATISFACTION; LIFE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKPLACE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 84856112195     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/ker324     Document Type: Article

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