Prevalence of fibromyalgia in a low socioeconomic status population

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Assumpção, Ana ^a   Cavalcante, Alane B ^a   Capela, Cristina E ^b   Sauer, Juliana F ^a   Chalot, Suellen D ^a   Pereira, Carlos A B ^a   Marques, Amélia P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Universidade Bandeirantes   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; FIBROMYALGIA IMPACT QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WELLBEING; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISABILITY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; INTERVIEW; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDER; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; WORK CAPACITY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POVERTY AREAS; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CLASS; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION;

EID: 67651177718     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-10-64     Document Type: Article

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