Are there gender differences in impairment associated with high social anxiety? A community-based study

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 487-493

  Dahl, Alv A ^a,b   Dahl, Christian Falk ^c  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

HUBRO survey; Men; MINI SPIN; Social anxiety; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RELATION; INCOME; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL PHOBIA; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHOBIC DISORDERS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 77952550589     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2010.03.005     Document Type: Article

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