Use less cosmetics - Suffer less from fibromyalgia?

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 187-194

  Sverdrup, Berit ^a  

^a Department of Rheumatology ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMETIC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REINFORCEMENT; RHEUMATOLOGY; SKIN CARE; SLEEP; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WELLBEING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; COSMETICS; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; TIME FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 1842504336     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/154099904322966173     Document Type: Article

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