The Prevalence of Symptoms in Medical Outpatients and the Adequacy of Therapy

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 150, Issue 8, 1990, Pages 1685-1689

  Kurt Kroenke, L T C ^a,b   Arrington, Mary E ^c   Mangelsdorff, A David ^d  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Health Care Studies and Clinical Investigation Activity ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACKACHE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MOOD DISORDERS; MORBIDITY; PAIN; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0025328886     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.1990.00040031685016     Document Type: Article

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