The geriatric anxiety inventory: International use and future directions

Australian Psychologist

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 33-38

  Pachana, Nancy A ^a   Byrne, Gerard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Assessment; Cross cultural; Generalised anxiety disorder; Older adults

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856140635     PISSN: 00050067     EISSN: 17429544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-9544.2011.00052.x     Document Type: Article

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