Pain Management Nursing
Volume 10, Issue 3 , Pages 116-123 , September 2009

Physical Self-Efficacy and Alexithymia in Women with Chronic Intractable Back Pain

  • Edward V. Pecukonis, PhD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Edward V. Pecukonis, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Maryland, Baltimore, 525 West Redwood Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201

Received 31 October 2008 ,Accepted 9 December 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pmn.2008.11.001

Pain Management Nursing
Volume 10, Issue 3 , Pages 116-123 , September 2009

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