Levels of Anxiety in Colonic Disorders

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 288, Issue 1, 1973, Pages 16-20

  Esler, Murray D ^a   Goulston, Kerry J ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSIS; PAIN; PERSONALITY TEST; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; SYNDROME; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; URINE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; COLONIC DISEASES, FUNCTIONAL; DIARRHEA; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PAIN; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYNDROME;

EID: 0015913746     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM197301042880104     Document Type: Article

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