Unemployment in multiple sclerosis: The contribution of personality and disease

Multiple Sclerosis Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 647-653

  Strober, Lauren B ^a,g   Christodoulou, Christopher ^b   Benedict, Ralph H B ^c   Westervelt, Holly J ^d,e   Melville, Patricia ^b   Scherl, William F ^b   Weinstock Guttman, Bianca ^c   Rizvi, Syed ^e   Goodman, Andrew D ^f   Krupp, Lauren B ^b  

^a KESSLER FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

employment; multiple sclerosis; personality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASES; EMPLOYMENT; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEMORY; MOOD; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNEMPLOYMENT; VOCATION;

EID: 84860456188     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: 14770970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1352458511426735     Document Type: Article

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