Chronic fatigue in the community: 'A question of attribution'

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 791-800

  Chalder, T ^a   Power, M J ^b   Wessely, S ^b  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEISURE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0030015540     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0033291700037818     Document Type: Article

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