A Chinese perspective of somatoform disorders

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 115-119

  Lee, S ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHINESE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EDITORIAL; EMOTION; HUMAN; MENTAL PATIENT; MOOD; NEURASTHENIA; NEUROSIS; PATIENT COUNSELING; SOMATIZATION;

EID: 0030822195     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3999(97)00037-8     Document Type: Editorial

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