A population-based incidence study of chronic fatigue

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 343-353

  Lawrie, S M ^a   Manders, D N ^a   Geddes, J R ^a   Pelosi, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEURASTHENIA; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SAMPLING STUDIES; SCOTLAND; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 0030941030     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291796004357     Document Type: Article

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