Prevalence of fibromyalgia and chronic widespread pain

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 149-153

  Lindell, L ^a   Bergman, S ^a   Petersson, I F ^a   Jacobsson, L T H ^a   Herrstrom, P ^a  

^a Primary Care Centre Hertig Knut   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chronic widespread pain; Epidemiology; Fibromyalgia; General practice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; SWEDEN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0033753447     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/028134300453340     Document Type: Article

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