The social network characteristics of fibromyalgia patients compared with healthy controls

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 18-26

  Bolwijn, Paulien H ^a   Van Santen Hoeufft, Marijke H S ^b   Baars, Herman M J ^a   Kaplan, Charles D ^a   Van Der Linden, Sjef ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fibromyalgia; Psychosocial; Social integration; Social network; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONELINESS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84988045374     PISSN: 0004-3591     EISSN: 1529-0131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.1790090106     Document Type: Article

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