Neuroticism, alexithymia and medically unexplained symptoms

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 551-564

  Deary, Ian J ^a   Scott, Shonagh ^a   Wilson, Janet A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0031116847     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(96)00229-2     Document Type: Article

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