Characteristics of agoraphobia in women and men with panic disorder with agoraphobia

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 8-13

  Starcevic, Vladan ^a,b   Djordjevic, Ana ^b   Latas, Milan ^c   Bogojevic, Goran ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^c CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Agoraphobia; Avoidant behavior; Gender differences; Panic disorder; Phobic situations; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGORAPHOBIA; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANIC; PHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0031665068     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6394(1998)8:1<8::AID-DA2>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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