Somatoform disorders: A revision of the epidemiology in primary health care;Perturbações somatoformes: Revisão da epidemiologia nos cuidados primários de saúde

Acta Medica Portuguesa

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 865-872

  Fabião, Cristina ^a   Silva, Maria Carolina ^a   Fleming, Manuela ^a   Barbosa, António ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RATING SCALE; SOMATIC SYMPTOM INDEX; SOMATIZATION; SOMATOFORM DISORDER;

HUMANS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 78649648100     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16460758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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