Comparisons of body image perceptions of a sample of black and white women with rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalgia in the US

Open Rheumatology Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-7

  Boyington, Josephine E A ^a   Schoster, Britta ^b   Callahan, Leigh F ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Black women; Body image; Fibromyalgia; Perceptions; Rheumatoid arthritis; White women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY IMAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE ASSESSMENT; FEAR; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; MENTAL FUNCTION; PAIN; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL DISEASE BY BODY FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURPOSIVE SAMPLE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84926346940     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18743129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874312901409010001     Document Type: Article

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