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Understanding Limitations in At-work Productivity in Patients with Active Ankylosing Spondylitis: The Role of Work-related Contextual Factors

Annelies Boonen, Caroline Boone, Adelin Albert and Herman Mielants
The Journal of Rheumatology January 2015, 42 (1) 93-100; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.131287
Annelies Boonen
From the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Maastricht University Medical Center; Caphri Research Institute Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands; Medical Department, Pfizer, Brussels; Department of Medical Informatics and Biostatistics, University of Liège, Liège; Department of Rheumatology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
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