Archives of Psychiatric Nursing
Volume 22, Issue 1 , Pages 27-38 , February 2008

Is There an Asian Idiom of Distress? Somatic Symptoms in Female Japanese and Korean Students

  • Denise Saint Arnault

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Denise Saint Arnault, PhD, RN, Michigan State University, B510-B West Fee Hall, Nursing Research Center, East Lansing, MI 48824.
    • ,
  • Oksoo Kim

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doi: 10.1016/j.apnu.2007.10.003

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Volume 22, Issue 1 , Pages 27-38 , February 2008

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