Evaluation of knowledge of fibromyalgia in Tunisia;Evaluation de la connaissance de la fibromyalgie en Tunisie

Tunisie Medicale

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 703-706

  Kamoun, Sourour ^a   Elleuch, Mohamed ^b,e   Le Lay, Katell ^c   Feki, Habib ^a   Taieb, Charles ^c   André, Etienne ^c   Damak, Jamel ^a   Elleuch, Mohamed H ^d,e  

^a HEDI CHAKER HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^b LA RABTA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^c Centre d'Immunologie Pierre Fabre   (France)

^d HABIB BOURGUIBA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^e Unité de Recherche Sur Les Pathologies de l'Appareil Locomoteur   (France)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Fibromyalgia; General practitioners; Knowledge; Practice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; SYMPTOM; TUNISIA;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TUNISIA;

EID: 77958143021     PISSN: 00414131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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