Illness perceptions predict reassurance following a negative exercise stress testing result

Psychology and Health

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 421-430

  Donkin, Liesje ^a   Ellis, Christopher J ^a   Powell, Rachael ^a   Broadbent, Elizabeth ^a   Gamble, Greg ^a   Petrie, Keith J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Exercise stress testing; Health non cardiac chest pain; Illness perceptions; Reassurance

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744980659     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: 14768321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14768320500329292     Document Type: Article

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