Psychological distress in workers with traumatic upper or lower limb amputations following industrial injuries

Rehabilitation Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 109-112

  Cheung, Elsie ^a   Alvaro, Rosemarie ^b   Colotla, Victor A ^a,c  

^a Workers' Compensation Bd of BC   (Canada)

^b Rehabilitation Center   (Canada)

^c Vancouver Center/North SDL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM AMPUTATION; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HUMAN; LEG AMPUTATION; LEG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PAIN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER;

EID: 0242516003     PISSN: 00905550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0090-5550.48.2.109     Document Type: Article

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