Holocaust survivors: The pain behind the agony. Increased prevalence of fibromyalgia among Holocaust survivors

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 28, Issue 6 SUPPL. 63, 2010, Pages

  Ablin, J N ^a   Cohen, H ^b   Eisinger, M ^b   Buskila, D ^b  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fibromyalgia; Holocaust; PTSD; Trauma

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HOLOCAUST; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; ANXIETY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SURVIVOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HOLOCAUST; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS;

EID: 79952639259     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: 1593098X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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