Functional somatic syndromes

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 130, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 910-921

  Barsky, Arthur J ^a   Borus, Jonathan F ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; DISABILITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; FUNCTIONAL SOMATIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; REVIEW; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME;

EID: 0033004518     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-130-11-199906010-00016     Document Type: Review

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