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Volume 145, Issue 1 , Pages 31-35, September 2009

The unbearable lightness of somatisation: A systematic review of the concept of somatisation in empirical studies of pain

  • Geert Crombez

      Affiliations

    • Department of Experimental-Clinical and Health Psychology, Ghent University, Belgium
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Department of Experimental-Clinical and Health Psychology, Ghent University, Henri Dunantlaan 2, 9000 Ghent, Belgium. Tel.: +32 (0) 9 264 64 61; fax: +32 (0) 9 264 64 89.
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  • Koen Beirens

      Affiliations

    • Department of Personnel Management, Work, and Organisational Psychology, Ghent University, Belgium
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  • Stefaan Van Damme

      Affiliations

    • Department of Experimental-Clinical and Health Psychology, Ghent University, Belgium
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  • Christopher Eccleston

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Pain Research, The University of Bath, UK
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  • Johnny Fontaine

      Affiliations

    • Department of Personnel Management, Work, and Organisational Psychology, Ghent University, Belgium

Received 16 December 2008; received in revised form 5 March 2009; accepted 9 April 2009. published online 12 May 2009.

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PII: S0304-3959(09)00213-9

doi:10.1016/j.pain.2009.04.006

PAIN
Volume 145, Issue 1 , Pages 31-35, September 2009