title: Key aims of the special series "the meaning of behavioral medicine in the psychosomatic field".
authors.affiliation: Teikyo University Graduate School of Public Health & Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Teikyo University Hospital, 2-11-1, Kaga, Itabashi, Tokyo, 173-8605 Japan.
authors.forename: Mutsuhiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakao