Psychiatry Research
Volume 179, Issue 2 , Pages 194-197 , 30 September 2010

History of suffocation, state-trait anxiety, and anxiety sensitivity in predicting 35% carbon dioxide-induced panic

  • E. Serap Monkul

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Dokuz Eylül University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey
    • Bipolar Disorder Research Program (PROMAN), Institute of Psychiatry, University of São Paulo School of Medicine, São Paulo, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. PROMAN, Programa de Transtorno, Bipolar, R. Dr. Ovídio Pires de Campos, 785, 3° andar, Ala Sul Sala 04 Cerqueira Cesar, CEP 05403-010, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. Tel./fax: +55 11 30697928.
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  • Elif Onur

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Dokuz Eylül University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey
    • ,
  • Ümit Tural

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Kocaeli University School of Medicine, Izmit, Turkey
    • ,
  • John P. Hatch

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Psychiatry and Orthodontics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA
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  • Tunç Alkın

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Dokuz Eylül University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey
    • ,
  • Baris Yücel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Respiratory Diseases, Dokuz Eylül University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey
    • ,
  • Hüray Fidaner

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Dokuz Eylül University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey

Received 2 October 2006 ,Revised 23 June 2009 ,Accepted 24 June 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2009.06.015

Psychiatry Research
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