Attention to bodily sensations and symptom perception in individuals with idiopathic environmental intolerance
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عنوان ژورنال: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1342-078X,1347-4715
DOI: 10.1007/s12199-009-0120-y