Posttraumatic stress and somatization in abused women

Traumatology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 103-112

  Samelius, Lotta ^a   Wijma, Barbro ^a   Wingren, Gun ^a   Wijma, Klaas ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Abused women; Posttraumatic stress; Somatization

Indexed keywords

EID: 64249114581     PISSN: 15347656     EISSN: 10859373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534765608326177     Document Type: Article

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