Terminology, classification and concepts

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

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 43-68

  Henningsen, Peter ^a   Fink, Per ^b   Hausteiner Wiehle, Constanze ^a   Rief, Winfried ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 84870572358     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511977862.003     Document Type: Chapter

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