Do healthy people worry? Modern health worries, subjective health complaints, perceived health, and health care utilization

International Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 182-188

  Filipkowski, Kelly B ^c   Smyth, Joshua M ^a   Rutchick, Abraham M ^a   Santuzzi, Alecia M ^a   Adya, Meera ^a   Petrie, Keith J ^b,c   Kaptein, Ad A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care perceptions; Health care use; Modern health worries; Subjective health complaints

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956881019     PISSN: 10705503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12529-009-9058-0     Document Type: Article

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