Validity issues in the assessment of alexithymia related to the developmental stages of emotional cognition and language

BioPsychoSocial Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Nishimura, Hiroki ^a   Komaki, Gen ^a   Igarashi, Tetsuya ^a   Moriguchi, Yoshiya ^a   Kajiwara, Sohei ^b   Akasaka, Toru ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b National Hospital Organization Iou National Hospital   (Japan)

^c Morioka Children's Hospital   (Japan)

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EID: 79951814242     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17510759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1751-0759-3-12     Document Type: Article

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