Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Volume 68, Issue 2 , Pages 175-181 , February 2010

Psychological and self-management factors in near-fatal asthma

  • Isabel Vázquez

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Psicología Clínica y Psicobiología, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Departamento de Psicología Clínica y Psicobiología, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Tel.: +34 981563100x13731.
    • ,
  • Esther Romero-Frais

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Psicología Clínica y Psicobiología, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
    • ,
  • Marina Blanco-Aparicio

      Affiliations

    • Servicio de Neumología, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña, Spain
    • ,
  • Gloria Seoane

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Psicología Social, Básica y Metodología, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain
    • ,
  • Isabel Otero

      Affiliations

    • Servicio de Neumología, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña, Spain
    • ,
  • María Luisa Rodríguez-Valcarcel

      Affiliations

    • Servicio de Neumología, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña, Spain
    • ,
  • Sonia Pértega-Díaz

      Affiliations

    • Unidad de Epidemiología Clínica y Bioestadística, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña, Spain
    • ,
  • Salvador Pita-Fernández

      Affiliations

    • Unidad de Epidemiología Clínica y Bioestadística, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña, Spain
    • ,
  • Héctor Vera-Hernando

      Affiliations

    • Servicio de Neumología, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña, Spain

Received 24 July 2008 ,Revised 20 April 2009 ,Accepted 28 April 2009.

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☆ This study was supported by a Formación de Profesorado Universtario (FPU) grant from the Ministerio Español de Educación y Ciencia.

PII: S0022-3999(09)00178-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2009.04.012

Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Volume 68, Issue 2 , Pages 175-181 , February 2010

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