Making sense of fatigue

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 326-329

  Newton, Julia L ^a   Jones, David E J ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANAMNESIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; EDITORIAL; EMOTION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; CHRONIC DISEASE; EMOTIONS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MENTAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77955030185     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqq014     Document Type: Editorial

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