Survey of physician experiences and perceptions about the diagnosis and treatment of fibromyalgia

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Perrot, Serge ^a   Choy, Ernest ^b   Petersel, Danielle ^c   Ginovker, Anna ^d   Kramer, Erich ^d  

^a HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c PFIZER INC   (United States)

^d Harris Interactive   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EUROPE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEXICO; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOUTH KOREA; STATISTICS;

EUROPE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEXICO; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA;

EID: 84867191036     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-356     Document Type: Review

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