Independency of alexithymia and somatization: A factor analytic study

Psychosomatics

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 451-458

  Bach, Michael ^a   Bach, Doris ^a   De Zwaan, Martina ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; SOMATIZATION;

EID: 0029816113     PISSN: 00333182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-3182(96)71533-5     Document Type: Article

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