The risk of comorbidity

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 635-637

  Peterson, Janey C ^a   Paget, S A ^b   Lachs, M S ^a   Reid, M C ^a   Charlson, M E ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; METHOTREXATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; STEROID; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR INHIBITOR;

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SHORT SURVEY; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84859499347     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2011-200473     Document Type: Short Survey

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