Attitudes and beliefs of relatives of patients with sickle cell disease

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 174-179

  Ohaeri, J U ^a,b   Shokunbi, W A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b Psychological Medicine Hospital Kuwait   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NIGERIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NIGERIA;

EID: 0035542012     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/eamj.v78i4.9058     Document Type: Article

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