Symptom attribution and presentation in general practice after an extreme life event

Family Practice

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 260-266

  Nijrolder, Iris ^a   van der Velden, Peter G ^b,c   Grievink, Linda ^d   Yzermans, C Joris ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b Institute for Psychotrauma   (Netherlands)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Causal attributions; Disasters; Family medicine; Illness perceptions; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISASTER; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MORBIDITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SELF REPORT; SURVIVOR; SYMPTOM;

EID: 79957512427     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmq114     Document Type: Article

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