Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 85, Issue 1 , Pages 37-43 , March 2005

Toward a validation of a tripartite concept of a putative anxious temperament: psychometric data from a French national general medical practice study

  • E.G. Hantouche

      Affiliations

    • Mood Center, Pitié-Salpêtriére Hospital, University of Paris, Paris, France
    • ,
  • H.S. Akiskal

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. V.A. Hospital, 3350 La Jolla Village Drive (116-A), San Diego, CA 92161, USA. Tel.: +1-858-552-8585x2226; fax: +1-858-534-8598.
    • International Mood Center, University of California at San Diego and Veterans Hospital, San Diego, CA, USA

Received 20 April 2003 ,Accepted 21 October 2003.

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PII: S0165-0327(03)00326-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2003.10.016

Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 85, Issue 1 , Pages 37-43 , March 2005

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