Frequency and content analysis of chronic fatigue syndrome in medical text books

Australian Journal of Primary Health

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 174-178

  Jason, Leonard A ^a   Paavola, Erin ^a   Porter, Nicole ^a   Morello, Morgan L ^a  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

myalgic encephalomyelitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTITHYROID AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KINESIOTHERAPY; LYME DISEASE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELAXATION TRAINING; STAFF TRAINING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIBLIOMETRICS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; HUMANS; REFERENCE BOOKS, MEDICAL; TEXTBOOKS AS TOPIC;

EID: 77954005452     PISSN: 14487527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PY09023     Document Type: Article

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