Anxiety in adult fixed-wing air transport patients

Air Medical Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 77-80

  Demmons, Laura L ^a   Cook III, Edwin W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Fear of flying; Fixed wing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; FEAR; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; AIR AMBULANCES; ALABAMA; ANXIETY; FEAR; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENTS; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 0031180248     PISSN: 1067991X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1067-991X(97)90020-1     Document Type: Article

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