The temporal stability and co-morbidity of prolonged fatigue: A longitudinal study in primary care

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 855-861

  Hickie, Ian ^a   Koschera, A ^b   Hadzi Pavlovic, D ^b   Bennett, B ^b   Lloyd, A ^b  

^a ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURASTHENIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0032798561     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291799008582     Document Type: Article

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