"Fibromyalgia" and the medicalization of misery

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1668-1670

  Hadler, Nortin M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOMATIZATION;

CHRONIC DISEASE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; PAIN;

EID: 0042405007     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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