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Psychological Interventions for Chronic Pediatric Pain: State of the Art, Current Developments and Open Questions

Christiane Hermann† Department of Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Otto-Behaghel-Str. 10F, D-35394Giessen, Germany. [email protected]
Pages 473-483 | Published online: 09 Sep 2011

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