Emotions and stress increase respiratory resistance in asthma

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 401-412

  Ritz, Thomas ^a   Steptoe, Andrew ^a   DeWilde, Stephen ^a   Costa, Marco ^b  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asthma; Emotion; Respiratory resistance; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREATHING RATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LUNG RESISTANCE; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; STRESS;

EID: 0034116567     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006842-200005000-00014     Document Type: Article

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