Symptom attribution and presentation in general practice after an extreme life event
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Symptom attribution and presentation in general practice after an extreme life event.
BACKGROUND A serious life event is likely to shape attributions relating to symptoms experienced afterwards. While they may play an important role in prognosis and seeking care, such perceptions have hardly been studied among survivors of a disaster. OBJECTIVE To investigate the association between self-reported health problems that have been attributed to an extreme life event and the sympto...
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عنوان ژورنال: Family Practice
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0263-2136,1460-2229
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmq114