The relationship between socioeconomic status and recently diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 457-462

  Berkanovic, Emil ^a   Oster, Pamela ^a   Wong, Weng Kee ^a   Bulpitt, Ken ^a   Clements, Philip ^a   Sterz, Millie ^a   Paulus, Harold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Depressive symptoms; Pain; Physical function; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ACTIVITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 84988299594     PISSN: 0004-3591     EISSN: 1529-0131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.1790090607     Document Type: Article

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