Prevalence of fibromyalgia in a low socioeconomic status population
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- 8 June 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
- Vol. 10 (1) , 64
Abstract
The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of fibromyalgia, as well as to assess the major symptoms of this syndrome in an adult, low socioeconomic status population assisted by the primary health care system in a city in Brazil.Keywords
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