The distressed (type D) personality is independently associated with tinnitus: A case-control study

Psychosomatics

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-38

  Bartels, Hilke ^a   Middel, Berrie ^a   Pedersen, Susanne S ^a   Staal, Michiel J ^a   Albers, Frans W J ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSIS; TINNITUS; TYPE D PERSONALITY DISORDER;

EID: 75849139493     PISSN: 00333182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.psy.51.1.29     Document Type: Article

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