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. 2016 Aug;157(8):1588-1589.
doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000574.

The fear-avoidance model of pain

Johan W S Vlaeyen, Geert Crombez, Steven J Linton

The fear-avoidance model of pain

Johan W S Vlaeyen et al. Pain. 2016 Aug.
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