Chronic widespread pain and increased mortality: biopsychosocial interconnections

Affiliations

¹ Department of Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, Coimbra, Portugal.
² Department of Psychology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands.
³ Department of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands.

Editorial

Jose A P Da Silva et al. Ann Rheum Dis. 2018 Jun.

. 2018 Jun;77(6):790-792.

doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2017-211893. Epub 2017 Oct 22.

¹ Department of Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, Coimbra, Portugal.
² Department of Psychology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands.
³ Department of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands.

No abstract available

Keywords: epidemiology; fibromyalgis/pain syndromes; psychology.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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