Mass sociogenic illness

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 36-

  Weir, Erica ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE STRESS DISORDER; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVERSION DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; EPIDEMIC; EXCITABILITY; HUMAN; HYSTERIA; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; PUBLICATION; SHORT SURVEY; SOMATOFORM DISORDER;

EID: 12344256165     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.045027     Document Type: Short Survey

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