Reducing work disability associated with rheumatoid arthritis: Identification of additional risk factors and persons likely to benefit from intervention

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 349-357

  Allaire, Saralynn H ^b,c   Anderson, Jennifer J ^b   Meenan, Robert F ^a,b  

^a Dept of Public Health and Medicine ^*

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Employment; Rheumatoid arthritis; Work disability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; TRAVEL; UNEMPLOYMENT; WORK DISABILITY;

EID: 85000257641     PISSN: 0004-3591     EISSN: 1529-0131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1529-0131(199610)9:5<349::AID-ANR1790090503>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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