Emotional stress, social support and symptoms of myoarthropathy in adolescents

Swiss Journal of Psychology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 31-39

  Sieber, Martin ^a   Ruggia, Giovanni Maria ^b   Magaton, Pietro ^b   Palla, Sandro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adolescence; Craniomandibular disorder; Life events; Myoarthropathy; Social support; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033419683     PISSN: 14210185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024//1421-0185.58.1.31     Document Type: Article

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