Identifying somatization disorder in a population-based health examination survey: Psychosocial burden and gender differences

Psychosomatics

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 511-518

  Ladwig, Karl Heinz ^a,b   Marten Mittag, Birgitt ^a,b   Erazo, Natalia ^a,b   Gündel, Harald ^a,b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISABILITY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOMATIZATION;

EID: 0035691326     PISSN: 00333182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.psy.42.6.511     Document Type: Article

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