Quantifying the burden of emotional ill-health amongst patients referred to a specialist rheumatology service.

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Published in Rheumatology (Oxford) on March 14, 2003

Authors

N L Maiden1, N P Hurst, A Lochhead, A J Carson, M Sharpe

Author Affiliations

1: Rheumatic Diseases Unit, Western General Hospital, Crewe Road, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, UK. nicolamaiden@hotmail.com

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