The association between anxiety sensitivity and atopy in adult asthmatics

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 331-339

  Barone, Silvana ^a,b   Bacon, Simon L ^a,c,d   Campbell, Tavis S ^e   Labrecque, Manon ^a   Ditto, Blaine ^b   Lavoie, Kim L ^a,c,f  

^a HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anxiety sensitivity; Asthma; Atopy

Indexed keywords

ANXIOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRICK TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SMOKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; ASTHMA; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; INTRADERMAL TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 48349101255     PISSN: 01607715     EISSN: 15733521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10865-008-9164-5     Document Type: Article

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