What makes women tired? a community sample

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 69-76

  Stewart, Donna ^a,c   Abbey, Susan ^a   Meana, Marta ^a   Boydell, Katherine M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAREGIVER; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0031911052     PISSN: 10597115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.1998.7.69     Document Type: Article

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