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. 1978 Aug;28(193):492–499.

Symptom prevalence in the community

D R Hannay
PMCID: PMC2158906  PMID: 702465

Abstract

The prevalence of physical symptoms among a sample of patients registered at a health centre is described as recorded from home interviews. The number of physical symptoms per person is then correlated with personal characteristics and environmental factors, using computer programmes.

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