Three forms of somatization in primary care: Prevalence, co-occurrence, and sociodemographic characteristics

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 179, Issue 11, 1991, Pages 647-655

  Kirmayer, Laurence J ^a,b   Robbins, James M ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIZATION;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0026329022     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: 1539736X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005053-199111000-00001     Document Type: Article

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