Commentary: Functional abdominal pain: Another unexplained physical symptom

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1225-1226

  Jones, Roger ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; BACKACHE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMERGENCY WARD; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; NOTE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CARE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOMATIZATION; SYMPTOM; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING;

EID: 0036994052     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/31.6.1225     Document Type: Note

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