PAIN
Volume 149, Issue 3 , Pages 420-421 , June 2010

Toward understanding acceptance and psychological flexibility in chronic pain

Received 2 February 2010 ,Accepted 18 February 2010.

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PII: S0304-3959(10)00128-4

doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2010.02.036

PAIN
Volume 149, Issue 3 , Pages 420-421 , June 2010