Chronic fatigue syndrome and its association with obsession compulsion among a non-clinical sample using questionnaires

Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 89-100

  Abdel Khalek, Ahmed M ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Arabic Scale of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ASCFS); Arabic Scale of Obsession Compulsion (ASOC); Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS); Kuwait; Obsession Compulsion (OC)

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARAB; ARABIC SCALE OF CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; ARABIC SCALE OF OBSESSION COMPULSION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; COLLEGE STUDENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 39749198591     PISSN: 10573321     EISSN: 15470660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J092v14n03_07     Document Type: Article

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