Widespread pain: Is an improved classification possible?

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1628-1632

  Macfarlane, Gary J ^a,d   Croft, Peter R ^b   Schollum, Joanna ^c   Silman, Alan J ^a  

^a ARC Epidemiology Research Unit   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Staffordshire Rheumatology Centre   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Fibromyalgia; Widespread pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMMUNITY MEDICINE; FATIGUE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHEUMATOLOGY; SLEEP DISORDERS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TERMINOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029764585     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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