Prevalence of fatigue in general practice

Irish Journal of Medical Science

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 10-12

  Cullen, W ^a   Kearney, Y ^b   Bury, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UCD Department of General Practice   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZATION; SAMPLE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SYMPTOM;

FAMILY PRACTICE; FATIGUE; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 0036380130     PISSN: 00211265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03168931     Document Type: Article

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