U.S. healthcare providers' knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and perceptions concerning Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 11, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Brimmer, Dana J ^a   Fridinger, Frederick ^b   Lin, Jin Mann S ^a   Reeves, William C ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77951029272     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-28     Document Type: Article

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