Rollercoaster asthma: When positive emotional stress interferes with dyspnea perception

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 977-987

  Rietveld, Simon ^a   van Beest, Ilja ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asthma; Breathlessness; Dyspnea; Emotions; Lung function; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HEART BEAT; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; PERCEPTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ASTHMA; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEART RATE; HUMANS; PSYCHOMETRICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 34047114810     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2006.07.009     Document Type: Article

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