Mortality in a cohort of Danish patients with fibromyalgia: Increased frequency of suicide

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3101-3108

  Dreyer, Lene ^a,b   Kendall, Sally ^b   Danneskiold Samsøe, Bente ^a,b,c   Bartels, Else Marie ^b   Bliddal, Henning ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b FREDERIKSBERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SUICIDE;

ADULT; AGED; DENMARK; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957684936     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.27623     Document Type: Article

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