Awareness and perceptions of fibromyalgia syndrome: A survey of Malaysian and Singaporean rheumatologists

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-30

  Arshad, Anward ^a   Kong, K O ^b  

^a Putra Specialist Hospital Batu Pahat Sdn Bhd   (Malaysia)

^b TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Fibromyalgia syndrome; Musculoskeletal disease; Rheumatological disease; Rheumatologist survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; PERCEPTION; PRESCRIPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SINGAPORE; TEACHING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; RHEUMATOLOGY; SYNDROME;

AWARENESS; FIBROMYALGIA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHEUMATOLOGY; SINGAPORE; SYNDROME;

EID: 33846959811     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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