Psychosocial predictors of health status and health care costs among people with fibromyalgia

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 261-274

  Cronan, Terry A ^a   Serber, Eva R ^a   Walen, Heather R ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Demographic characteristics; Fibromyalgia (FMS); Health care costs; Need variables; Psychosocial variables

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036748536     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1061580021000020725     Document Type: Article

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