Chronic Fatigue, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and Fibromyalgia: Disability and Health-Care Use

Medical Care

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 924-930

  Bombardier, Charles H ^a   Buchwald, Dedra ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic fatigue syndrome; Disability; Fibromyalgia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISABLED PERSON; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABLED PERSONS; EMPLOYMENT; FATIGUE; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0030240691     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199609000-00005     Document Type: Article

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