The epidemiology of chronic fatigue in the Swedish Twin Registry

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1317-1326

  Evengård, Birgitta ^a   Jacks, Andreas ^a   Pedersen, Nancy L ^b,c   Sullivan, Patrick F ^d  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PREVALENCE; REGISTER; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TWINS;

ADULT; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 24644506227     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291705005052     Document Type: Article

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