Chronic fatigue syndrome: Editorial bias in the British Medical Journal

Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 47-59

  Goudsmit, Ellen ^a   Stouten, Bart ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

British Medical Journal; Chronic fatigue syndrome; Editorial bias; Myalgic encephalomyelitis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN STEM; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; PATHOGENESIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 30044431856     PISSN: 10573321     EISSN: 15470660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J092v12n04_05     Document Type: Article

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