Claustrophobia and the magnetic resonance imaging procedure

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 255-268

  McIsaac, Heather K ^a   Thordarson, Dana S ^a   Shafran, Roz ^a   Rachman, S ^a   Poole, Gary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Claustrophobia; Fear; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BODY POSITION; CLAUSTROPHOBIA; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PANIC; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANIC; PHOBIC DISORDERS;

EID: 0031842666     PISSN: 01607715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018717016680     Document Type: Article

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