Brief report: Psychosocial factors and pediatric noncardiac chest pain

Journal of Pediatric Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1170-1174

  Gilleland, Jordan ^a   Blount, Ronald L ^a   Campbell, Robert M ^b,c   Johnson, Gregory L ^b,c   Dooley, Kenneth J ^b,c   Simpson, Patti ^b  

^a University of Georgia   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety sensitivity; Chest pain; Child somatization; Pediatric pain.

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CARDIOLOGY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTHER; NONCARDIAC CHEST PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARENT; PEDIATRICS; PREDICTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOMATIZATION;

EID: 70450169256     PISSN: 01468693     EISSN: 1465735X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsp020     Document Type: Article

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