Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Volume 69, Issue 1 , Pages 17-22 , July 2010

Measuring fatigue in clinical and community settings

  • Matteo Cella

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychological Medicine, Weston Education Centre, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Cutcombe Rd., SE5 9RJ London, United Kingdom. Tel.: +44 020 322 83191.
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  • Trudie Chalder

Received 11 June 2009 ,Revised 8 October 2009 ,Accepted 13 October 2009.

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PII: S0022-3999(09)00417-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2009.10.007

Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Volume 69, Issue 1 , Pages 17-22 , July 2010

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