Health status in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome and in general population and disease comparison groups

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 281-290

  Komaroff, Anthony L ^a   Fagioli, Laura R ^b   Doolittle, Teresa H ^b   Gandek, Barbara ^b   Gleit, Marcy A ^b   Guerriero, Rosanne T ^b   Kornish II, R James ^b   Ware, Norma C ^b   Ware Jr , John E ^b   Bates, David W ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0030250445     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(96)00174-X     Document Type: Article

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