The London fibromyalgia epidemiology study: Comparing the demographic and clinical characteristics in 100 random community cases of fibromyalgia versus controls

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1577-1585

  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

Clinical characteristics; Epidemiology; Fibromyalgia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ONTARIO; PAIN;

EID: 0033056393     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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