Symptom attribution after a plane crash: Comparison between self-reported symptoms and GP records

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 52, Issue 484, 2002, Pages 917-922

  Donker, G A ^a   Yzermans, C J ^a   Spreeuwenberg, P ^a   Van Der Zee, J ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Disaster; Functional somatic syndrome; Medical records; Medically unexplained physical symptoms; Post traumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; ANAMNESIS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DATA BASE; DEPRESSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISASTER; DRY SKIN; DYSPNEA; ECZEMA; FATIGUE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MEMORY DISORDER; NERVOUSNESS; PERCEPTION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SKIN DISEASE; SLEEP DISORDER; SYMPTOM;

ACCIDENTS, AVIATION; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; NETHERLANDS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 0036843695     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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