Development and validation of a new fatigue scale for fatigued subjects with and without chronic fatigue syndrome

Fatigue Science for Human Health

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 89-102

  Fukuda, Sanae ^a   Takashima, Shoko ^a   Iwase, Masao ^a   Yamaguti, Kouzi ^a   Kuratsune, Hirohiko ^a,b   Watanabe, Yasuyoshi ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KANSAI UNIVERSITY OF WELFARE SCIENCES   (Japan)

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EID: 77649114755     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-4-431-73464-2_7     Document Type: Chapter

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