Gender, lifespan and cultural aspects

Medically Unexplained Symptoms, Somatisation and Bodily Distress: Developing Better Clinical Services

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 132-157

  Hausteiner Wiehle, Constanze ^a   Schneider, Gudrun ^b   Lee, Sing ^c   Sumathipala, Athula ^d,e   Creed, Francis ^f  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e Institute for Research and Development Sri Lanka   (Sri Lanka)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84863719475     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511977862.007     Document Type: Chapter

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