Is 'ergomania' a predisposing factor to chronic pain and fatigue? [2]

Psychosomatics

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 529-530

  Van Houdenhove, B ^a   Neerinckx, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CHRONIC PAIN; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; LETTER; LIFESTYLE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0032738364     PISSN: 00333182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-3182(99)71197-7     Document Type: Letter

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