Psychopathology and Physical Activity as Predictors of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in the 1958 British Birth Cohort: A Replication Study of the 1946 and 1970 Birth Cohorts

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 343-350

  Goodwin, Laura ^a   White, Peter D ^a   Hotopf, Matthew ^b   Stansfeld, Stephen A ^a   Clark, Charlotte ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

1958 British Birth Cohort; Chronic Fatigue Syndrome; Etiology; Physical Activity; Prospective Cohort Study; Psychopathology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERGOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAISE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953208995     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2010.12.003     Document Type: Article

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