FFSS - A questionnaire for the assessment of functional somatic syndromes;FFSS - Fragebogen zur Erfassung funktioneller somatischer Syndrome

Verhaltenstherapie

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 263-265

  Nater, Urs M ^a   Fischer, Susanne ^a   Latanzio, Saskia ^b   Ruoss, Dominique ^b   Gaab, Jens ^b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 82955246331     PISSN: 10166262     EISSN: 14230402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000333298     Document Type: Article

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