Are common symptoms in childhood associated with chronic widespread body pain in adulthood? Results from the 1958 British Birth Cohort Study

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1669-1675

  Jones, Gareth T ^a   Silman, Alan J ^b   Power, Chris ^c   Macfarlane, Gary J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CHILDHOOD; CHRONIC PAIN; CHRONICITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; ONSET AGE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RISK; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; SYMPTOM; VOMITING;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34248587900     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.22587     Document Type: Article

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