Politics, science, and the emergence of a new disease : The case of chronic fatigue syndrome

American Psychologist

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 973-983

  Jason, Leonard A ^a,b   Richman, Judith A ^a   Friedberg, Fred ^a,c   Wagner, Lynne ^a,b   Taylor, Renee ^a,b   Jordan, Karen M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLASSIFICATION; COMORBIDITY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; NOMENCLATURE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; TERMINOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031230659     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0003-066X.52.9.973     Document Type: Article

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