The epidemiology of chronic fatigue in San Francisco

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 105, Issue 3 A, 1998, Pages 83S-90S

  Steele, Lea ^b   Dobbins, James G ^c   Fukuda, Keiji ^c   Reyes, Michele ^c   Randall, Bonnie ^c   Koppelman, Michele ^c   Reeves, William C ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Kansas Commission on Veterans Affairs   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032575965     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9343(98)00158-2     Document Type: Article

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