The illness perception questionnaire as a reliable assessment tool: Cognitive representations of vitiligo

Psychology, Health and Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 441-446

  Papadopoulos, Linda ^a   Bor, R ^a   Walker, C ^a   Legg, C ^b  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0011250545     PISSN: 13548506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13548500126539     Document Type: Article

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