The Importance of the Family Context in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 5-6, 1998, Pages 398-403

  Gerson, Mary Joan ^a,b,d   Schonholtz, Jacqueline ^a   Grega, Catherine H ^a   Barr, Deborah R ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping; Crohn's disease; Family; Inflammatory bowel disease; Stress; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ENTERITIS; FAMILY RELATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; FAMILY RELATIONS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0032193337     PISSN: 00272507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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