Functional somatic symptoms in 5-7-year-old children: Assessment, prevalence and co-occurrence

Danish Medical Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Rask, Charlotte Ulrikka ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANXIETY; APGAR SCORE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DSM-IV; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL SOMATIC SYMPTOM; HUMAN; ICD-10; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; TOOTH DISEASE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; DENMARK; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; ONSET AGE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DENMARK; EARLY MEDICAL INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PARENTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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