Lung function, adherence and denial in asthma patients who exhibit a repressive coping style

Psychology, Health and Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 35-44

  Cooke, L ^a   Myers, Lynn B ^a,c   Derakshan, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DEMOGRAPHY; DENIAL; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FUTUROLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; MORBIDITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 0037324937     PISSN: 13548506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1354850021000059241     Document Type: Article

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