A community-based study of chronic fatigue syndrome

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 159, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 2129-2137

  Jason, Leonard A ^d   Richman, Judith A ^a   Rademaker, Alfred W ^e   Jordan, Karen M ^a   Plioplys, Audrius V ^b   Taylor, Renee R ^e   McCready, William ^c   Huang, Cheng Fang ^e   Plioplys, Sigita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b MICHAEL REESE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHICAGO; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TELEPHONE;

EID: 0033547226     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.159.18.2129     Document Type: Article

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