Burden of systemic lupus erythematosus on employment and work productivity: Data from a large cohort in the southeastern United States

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 878-887

  Drenkard, Cristina ^a   Bao, Gaobin ^a   Dennis, Greg ^b,c   Kan, Hong J ^b   Jhingran, Priti M ^b   Molta, Charles T ^b   Lim, S Sam ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^c Pharmaceutical Product Development   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPLOYMENT; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PRODUCTIVITY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SICK LEAVE; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; UNEMPLOYMENT; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84901650286     PISSN: 2151464X     EISSN: 21514658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acr.22245     Document Type: Article

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