Perceived stress factors and coping mechanisms among mothers of children with sickle cell disease in western Nigeria

Health Education Research

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 161-170

  Olley, Lydia B ^a   Brieger, William R ^a   Olley, B O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b Neuropsychiatric Hospital   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MARRIAGE; MOTHER; NIGERIA; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; STRESS;

EID: 0030963264     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/12.2.161-a     Document Type: Article

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