Population based study of fatigue and psychological distress.

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Published in BMJ on March 19, 1994

Authors

T Pawlikowska1, T Chalder, S R Hirsch, P Wallace, D J Wright, S C Wessely

Author Affiliations

1: Department of General Practice, St Mary's Hospital Medical School, London.

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