A symptom perception approach to common physical symptoms

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2343-2354

  Kolk, Annemarie M ^a   Hanewald, Gerrit J F P ^a   Schagen, Simon ^a   Gijsbers Van Wijk, Cecile M T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Mentrum   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Methods of symptom measurement; Physical symptoms; Symptom perception

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PERCEPTION;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGE FACTORS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 0142186771     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(02)00451-3     Document Type: Article

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