Measuring the quality of life of women with fibromyalgia: A Hebrew version of the quality of life scale

Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 5-16

  Neumann, Lily ^a   Buskila, Dan ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fibromyalgia; health status; quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; JEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031018681     PISSN: 10582452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J094v05n01_02     Document Type: Article

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