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Employment and health status changes among women with fibromyalgia: A five-year study

  1. Susan Reisine*,
  2. Judith Fifield,
  3. Stephen Walsh,
  4. Deborah Dauser Forrest

Article first published online: 26 NOV 2008

DOI: 10.1002/art.24309

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Arthritis Care & Research

Arthritis Care & Research

Volume 59, Issue 12, pages 1735–1741, 15 December 2008

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Reisine, S., Fifield, J., Walsh, S. and Forrest, D. D. (2008), Employment and health status changes among women with fibromyalgia: A five-year study. Arthritis & Rheumatism, 59: 1735–1741. doi: 10.1002/art.24309

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  1. University of Connecticut, Farmington

*Department of Oral Health and Diagnostic Sciences and Division of Behavioral Sciences and Community Health, University of Connecticut, School of Dental Medicine, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT 06030-3910

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 26 NOV 2008
  2. Article first published online: 26 NOV 2008
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 2 JUL 2008
  4. Manuscript Received: 9 JAN 2008

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  • National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Disorders. Grant Number: AR-046041

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