Chronic fatigue and anxiety/depression: A twin study

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 180, Issue JAN., 2002, Pages 29-34

  Roy Byrne, Peter ^a   Afari, Niloofar ^a   Ashton, Suzanne ^a   Fischer, Mary ^a   Goldberg, Jack ^a   Buchwald, Dedra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MOOD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SOMATIZATION; TWIN ZYGOSITY;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISEASES IN TWINS; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0036150560     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.180.1.29     Document Type: Article

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