Elderly hearing-impaired persons' coping behavior

International Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 303-320

  Andersson, Gerhard ^a,b   Melin, Lennart ^a   Lindberg, Per ^a   Scott, Berit ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Communication; Coping; Elderly; Hearing impairment; Structured interview

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004701941     PISSN: 10705503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327558ijbm0304_2     Document Type: Article

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