Psychological distress among patients with musculoskeletal illness in general practice

Psychosomatics

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 321-329

  Jørgensen, Carsten Krogh ^a   Fink, Per ^b   Olesen, Frede ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; SCORING SYSTEM; SOMATIZATION;

EID: 0033923233     PISSN: 00333182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.psy.41.4.321     Document Type: Article

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