Weather and the pain in fibromyalgia: Are they related?

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 247-250

  Fors, E A ^a   Sexton, H ^b  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b Psychiat Res Ctr Finnmark/Troms   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WEATHER;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; WEATHER;

EID: 0036176743     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.61.3.247     Document Type: Article

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