Doctors and social epidemics: The problem of persistent unexplained physical symptoms, including chronic fatigue

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 52, Issue 478, 2002, Pages 355-356

  Stanley, Ian ^a   Salmon, Peter ^a   Peters, Sarah ^a  

^a Whelan Building ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; DEPRESSION; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; MYALGIA; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYMPTOM;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 0036245406     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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