Coping with the stigma of epilepsy

Psychology, Health and Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 149-161

  Troster H ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPILEPSY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; ONSET AGE; OUTPATIENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0031922601     PISSN: 13548506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13548509808402231     Document Type: Article

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