Can biased symptom perception explain false-alarm choking sensations?

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 121-126

  Rietveld, Simon ^a   Everaerd, W ^b   Vanbeest, I ^b  

^a Faculty of Psychology   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; EQUIPMENT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRURITUS; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF EVALUATION; SENSATION; SKIN IRRITATION; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ASTHMA; CHILD; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0032920095     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291798007764     Document Type: Article

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