Dissociation as complex adaptation

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 205-208

  Sel, R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b NONE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; HYSTERIA; INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0030935069     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9877(97)90307-8     Document Type: Article

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