The London fibromyalgia epidemiology study: The prevalence of fibromyalgia syndrome in London, Ontario

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1570-1576

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Fibromyalgia syndrome; Prevalence; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0033013527     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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