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Editorial
. 2006 Apr;121(3):173-174.
doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2006.01.002. Epub 2006 Mar 2.

The fear-avoidance model of chronic pain: further thoughts on the process of validating a causal model

Charles L Ward  1 , Beverly E Thorn
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Editorial

The fear-avoidance model of chronic pain: further thoughts on the process of validating a causal model

Charles L Ward et al. Pain. 2006 Apr.
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