A qualitative interview study: Patient accounts of medication use in early rheumatoid arthritis from symptom onset to early postdiagnosis

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Townsend, Anne ^a,b   Backman, Catherine L ^a,b   Adam, Paul ^c   Li, Linda C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ARTHRITIS RESEARCH CENTRE OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c Mary Pack Arthritis Program   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; DRUG USE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCRIPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SELF CARE;

EID: 84875184081     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002164     Document Type: Article

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