Research ArticleOriginal Research

The Causal Role of Fatigue in the Stress-Perceived Health Relationship: A MetroNet Study

Sham Maghout-Juratli, James Janisse, Kendra Schwartz and Bengt B. Arnetz
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine March 2010, 23 (2) 212-219; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2010.02.090132

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