Social phobia symptoms: Prevalence and sociodemographic correlates

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 522-527

  Talepasand, Siavash ^a   Nokani, Mostafa ^b  

^a SEMNAN UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND REHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Eidemiology; Pevalence; Pobic disorders; Scial phobia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL HISTORY; OCCUPATION; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; PROVINCE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RACE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOCIAL PHOBIA INVENTORY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 78649407069     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: 17353947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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