Workplace phobia: Psychological and psychophysiological mechanisms

International Journal of Stress Management

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 129-145

  Haines, Janet ^a   Williams, Christopher L ^a   Carson, Jacqueline M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Imagery; Occupational stress; Phobia; Psychophysiology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036271028     PISSN: 10725245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015518030340     Document Type: Article

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