Fatigue in the general population

Onkologie

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 140-144

  Schwarz, Reinhold ^a   Krauss, O ^a   Hinz, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fatigue; General population; MFI; Norm values; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MULTIDIMENSIONAL FATIGUE INVENTORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL FATIGUE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 0037639118     PISSN: 0378584X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000069834     Document Type: Article

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