One versus five sessions of applied tension in the treatment of blood phobia

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 101-112

  Hellström, Kerstin ^a   Fellenius, Jan ^a   Öst, Lars Göran ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BLOOD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PHOBIA; SELF REPORT;

EID: 0030040511     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0005-7967(95)00060-7     Document Type: Article

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