The Mental Health of Patients With a Chief Complaint of Chronic Fatigue: A Prospective Evaluation and Follow-up

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 148, Issue 10, 1988, Pages 2213-2217

  Manu, Peter ^a,b   Matthews, Dale A ^a   Lane, Thomas J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SHORT SURVEY;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MOOD DISORDERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 0023742516     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.1988.00380100077017     Document Type: Article

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