Patient Education and Counseling
Volume 70, Issue 1 , Pages 25-30 , January 2008

Effects of health education for migrant females with psychosomatic complaints treated by general practitioners: A randomised controlled evaluation study

  • Paul L. Kocken

      Affiliations

    • TNO Quality of Life, Health Promotion Department, P.O. Box 2215, 2301 CE Leiden, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +31 71 5181723; fax: +31 71 5181920.
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  • Evelien Joosten-van Zwanenburg

      Affiliations

    • Municipal Health Service Rotterdam Rijnmond, The Netherlands
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  • Tine de Hoop

      Affiliations

    • Municipal Health Service Rotterdam Rijnmond, The Netherlands

Received 28 May 2007 ,Revised 3 September 2007 ,Accepted 23 September 2007.

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PII: S0738-3991(07)00378-3

doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2007.09.016

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