Coronaphobia: Fear and the 2019-nCoV outbreak

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 70, Issue , 2020, Pages

  Asmundson, Gordon J G ^a   Taylor, Steven ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

2019 NOVEL CORONAVIRUS; CORONAPHOBIA; CORONAVIRINAE; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; FEAR; HUMAN; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; XENOPHOBIA;

EID: 85079409508     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: 18737897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2020.102196     Document Type: Editorial

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