The causal role of fatigue in the stress-perceived health relationship: A MetroNet study

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 212-219

  Maghout Juratli, Sham ^a   Janisse, James ^a   Schwartz, Kendra ^a,b   Arnetz, Bengt B ^a,b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Perceived health; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; COLLEGE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SLEEP; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; WORK;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77949533025     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2010.02.090132     Document Type: Article

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