The positive by-products of spinal cord injury and their correlates

Rehabilitation Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 77-85

  McMillen, J Curtis ^a,c   Cook, Cynthia Loveland ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; RELIGION; SELF CONCEPT; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

EID: 0037406563     PISSN: 00905550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0090-5550.48.2.77     Document Type: Article

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