Patients presenting with somatic complaints: epidemiology, psychiatric co‐morbidity and management

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• Publication year

  2003

• Venue

  International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research

• Publication date

  2003-02-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1002/MPR.140PMID 12830308PMCID PMC6878426
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