Characteristics of chronic fatigue syndrome in a Japanese community population: Chronic fatigue syndrome in Japan

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 895-906

  Hamaguchi, Masahide ^a   Kawahito, Yutaka ^a   Takeda, Noriyuki ^b   Kato, Takahiro ^b   Kojima, Takao ^b  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b ASAHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asia; Chronic fatigue syndrome; Japan; Lifestyle; Population based study; Sleep

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; CATECHIN; POLYPHENOL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; JAPAN; JAPANESE; LABORATORY TEST; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SLEEP TIME; SMOKING; SPIROGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959625600     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: 14349949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-011-1702-9     Document Type: Article

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