Sex hormonal factors and chronic widespread pain: A population study among women

Rheumatology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 454-457

  Macfarlane, T V ^a   Blinkhorn, A ^a   Worthington, H V ^a   Davies, R M ^b   Macfarlane, G J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY DENTAL HOSPITAL OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Fibromyalgia; Pain; Sex hormones

Indexed keywords

HORMONE DERIVATIVE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; SEX HORMONE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREMENOPAUSE; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036110855     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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