Individual differences in the temporal variability of medically unexplained symptom reporting

British Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 219-240

  Ferguson, Eamonn ^a   Cassaday, Helen J ^a   Erskind, James ^a   Delahaye, Gemma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERIODICITY; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; VETERANS;

EID: 2542601638     PISSN: 1359107X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135910704773891069     Document Type: Article

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