An international study of the relation between somatic symptoms and depression

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 341, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 1329-1335

  Simon, Gregory E ^a   VonKorff, Michael ^a   Piccinelli, Marco ^b,c   Fullerton, Claudio ^d   Ormel, Johan ^e,f  

^a CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

^b OSPEDALE DI CIRCOLO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^f KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CONSTIPATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIZATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ETHNOPSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 0032745428     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199910283411801     Document Type: Article

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