The prevalence of self-reported chronic fatigue in a U.S. twin registry

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 283-290

  Furberg, Helena ^a   Olarte, Megan ^a   Afari, Niloo ^b   Goldberg, Jack ^c   Buchwald, Dedra ^b   Sullivan, Patrick F ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic fatigue; Fatiguing illness; Gender; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 27444432958     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2005.05.008     Document Type: Article

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