Measuring health status in israeli patients with fibromyalgia syndrome and widespread pain and healthy individuals: Utility of the short form 36- item health survey (SF-36)

Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 400-408

  Neumann, Lily ^a   Berzak, Alexander ^a   Buskila, Dan ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fibromyalgia; Health related quality of life; SF 36; Utility; Widespread pain

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 0034126532     PISSN: 00490172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/sarh.2000.7171     Document Type: Article

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