Disease-A-Month
Volume 54, Issue 9 , Pages 604-612 , September 2008

Health Care Seeking Behaviors, Psychological Factors, and Quality of Life of Noncardiac Chest Pain

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doi: 10.1016/j.disamonth.2008.06.004

Disease-A-Month
Volume 54, Issue 9 , Pages 604-612 , September 2008

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