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Special Issue on the Common Sense Model

Using the common-sense model to understand health outcomes for medically unexplained symptoms: a meta-analysis

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Pages 427-446 | Received 06 Feb 2018, Accepted 04 Sep 2018, Published online: 28 Sep 2018

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