Subjective health complaints

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 101-103

  Eriksen, Hege R ^a   Ihlebæk, Camilla ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal problems; Illness; Low back pain; Musculoskeletal pain; Subjective health complaints; Unexplained symptoms

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOMATOFORM DISORDER;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 0036549342     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9450.00274     Document Type: Article

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