Testing an instrument to screen for fibromyalgia syndrome in general population studies: The london fibromyalgia epidemiology study screening questionnaire

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 880-884

  White, Kevin P ^a,b   Harth, Manfred ^a   Speechley, Mark ^a   ØStbye, Trüls ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Fibromyalgia; Population Survey; Screening Instrument

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATIC DISEASE;

ADULT; EVALUATION STUDIES; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PAIN; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032937508     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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