Risk factors for unexplained symptoms after a disaster: A five-year longitudinal study in general practice

Psychosomatics

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 69-77

  Van Den Berg, Bellis ^a   Yzermans, C Joris ^a   Van Der Velden, Peter G ^a   Stellato, Rebecca K ^a   Brunekreef, Bert ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE PAIN; DISASTER; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL DISEASE; MYALGIA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOMACH PAIN; SURVIVOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DISASTERS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 61849137811     PISSN: 00333182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.psy.50.1.69     Document Type: Article

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