Psychological and symptomatic stress-related disorders with radio-electric treatment: Psychometric evaluation

Stress and Health

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 350-358

  Rinaldi, Salvatore ^a,b   Fontani, Vania ^b   Aravagli, Lucia ^b   Margotti, Matteo Lotti ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Rinaldi Fontani Institute   (Italy)

Author keywords

job stress; organizational stress interventions prevention; technology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOMETRY; RADIO ELECTRIC ASYMMETRIC CONVEYER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHAM PROCEDURE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SYMPTOM CHECKLIST 90; SYMPTOMATIC STRESS DISORDER;

EID: 77956086115     PISSN: 15323005     EISSN: 15322998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smi.1298     Document Type: Article

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