The psychophysiology of blood-injection-injury phobia: Looking beyond the diphasic response paradigm
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Psychophysiology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0167-8760
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2010.05.007