Widespread pain and fibromyalgia in a biracial cohort of young women

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 810-817

  Gansky, Stuart A ^a   Plesh, Octavia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohort studies; Epidemiology; Fibromyalgia; Health disparities; Palpation; Subjective socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC PAIN; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CALIFORNIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; OHIO; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 34247339393     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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