Somatic symptoms: Prevalence, Co-Occurrence and associations with self-perceived health and limitations due to physical Health - A danish population-based study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Eliasen, Marie ^a   Kreiner, Svend ^b   Ebstrup, Jeanette F ^a   Poulsen, Chalotte H ^a,c   Lau, Cathrine J ^a   Skovbjerg, Sine ^a   Fink, Per K ^d   Jørgensen, Torben ^a,b,e  

^a Research Centre for Prevention and Health   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Mental Health Centre Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DANISH CITIZEN; DIZZINESS; FATIGUE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SELF CONCEPT; SOMATIC SYMPTOM; SYMPTOM; THORAX PAIN; URINE RETENTION; AGE; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DENMARK; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84961938106     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0150664     Document Type: Article

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