Minor acute illness: A preliminary research report on the "worried well"

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 24-29

  Smith, Robert C ^a   Gardiner, Joseph C ^a   Lyles, Judith S ^a   Johnson, Monica ^a   Rost, Kathrryn M ^a   Luo, Zhehui ^a   Goddeeris, John ^a   Lein, Catherine ^a   Given, C William ^a   Given, Barbara ^a   Dwamena, Francesca ^a   Collins, Clare ^a   Van Egeren, Lawrence F ^a   Korban, Elie ^a   Kanj, Mohammed ^a   Haddad, Robert ^a  

^a B312 Clinical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Medically unexplained symptoms non MESH ; Physical symptoms non MESH ; Somatoform disorders; Worried well non MESH

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; SOMATIZATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0036143524     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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