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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - personality and attributional style of patients in comparison to healthy controls and depressed individuals

Helen. L Chubb, Irene Jones, Janice Hillier, Christopher Moyle, Stephanie Sadler, Tanya Cole, Kate Redman, Anne Farmer Whitchurch Hospital, Cardiff; Maindiff Court, Abergavenny, Gwent; St Davids Hospital, Carmarthen, Dyfed; Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff, UK
Pages 351-359 | Published online: 06 Jul 2009

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