Disfiguring burn scars and adolescent self-esteem

Burns

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 581-585

  Robert, Rhonda ^a   Meyer, Walter ^a   Bishop, Sheryl ^a   Rosenberg, Laura ^a   Murphy, Luanne ^a   Blakeney, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Burns; Scars; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BURN; BURN SCAR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOOD; SELF ESTEEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADULT; BURNS; CICATRIX, HYPERTROPHIC; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; SELF CONCEPT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033231968     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-4179(99)00065-0     Document Type: Article

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