What can we learn from a cross-national study of somatic distress?

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 409-412

  Gureje, Oye ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Cross national; Frequency; Health perception; Somatic distress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSISTENT PAIN DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; SOMATIZATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 1842839804     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3999(03)00623-8     Document Type: Article

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