Can subjective asthma symptoms be learned?

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 454-461

  De Peuter, Steven ^a   Van Diest, Ilse ^a   Lemaigre, Valentine ^a   Li, Wan ^a   Verleden, Geert ^a   Demedts, Maurits ^a   Van Den Bergh, Omer ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Department of Psychology ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Asthma; CO2 inhalation; Conditioning; Learning; Rebreathing; Symptom perception

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; LEARNING; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ANXIETY; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ASTHMA; CARBON DIOXIDE; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GASES; HUMANS; HYPERVENTILATION; MALE; NEBULIZERS AND VAPORIZERS; PERCEPTION; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 19444365058     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.psy.0000160470.43167.e2     Document Type: Article

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