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Rheumatoid arthritis and work disability
People in low-GDP countries remain working with higher levels of arthritis disease activity compared with people in high-GDP countries, suggesting that sociocultural differences affect work disability as an outcome measure for RA.
Arthritis Research & Therapy 2010, 12: R42
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