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Somatization in Primary Care, With a Focus on Immigrants and Refugees

Rolando Castillo, PhD; Howard Waitzkin, MD, PhD; Yvette Ramirez; Javier I. Escobar, MD

Arch Fam Med. 1995;4(7):637-646.


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