Coping strategies in twins with chronic fatigue and chronic fatigue syndrome

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 547-554

  Afari, Niloofar ^a,e   Schmaling, Karen B ^b   Herrell, Richard ^c,d   Hartman, Suzanne ^a   Goldberg, Jack ^c,d   Buchwald, Dedra S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d Vietnam Era Twin Registry   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic fatigue syndrome; Coping; Fatigue; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; TWIN DISCORDANCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; DISEASES IN TWINS; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROBLEM SOLVING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0033819406     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3999(00)00093-3     Document Type: Article

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