Why is neurasthenia important in Asian cultures?

Western Journal of Medicine

Volumn 176, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 257-258

  Schwartz, Pamela Yew ^a  

^a MANHATTAN PSYCHIATRIC CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ASIAN; ASIAN AMERICAN; CHINA; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; DISTRESS SYNDROME; JAPAN; NEURASTHENIA; PATIENT COUNSELING; SHORT SURVEY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ASIA; ASIAN AMERICANS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; MEDICINE, ORIENTAL TRADITIONAL; NEURASTHENIA;

EID: 0036759820     PISSN: 00930415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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