Do patients with allergic rhinitis have a particular personality trait?

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 378-382

  Vamanshankar, H ^a   Hegde, K S ^a   Chaturvedi, J ^a   Pratibha, C B ^a   Ross, A ^a   Nayar, R C ^a   Parameshwaran, S ^b  

^a ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Allergic Rhinitis; Anxiety; Personality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PILOT STUDY; POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876008555     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: 17485460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215113000170     Document Type: Article

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