Parent reactions to childhood phenylketonuria

Families, Systems and Health

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 204-219

  Lord, Bruce ^a,b   Wastell, Colin ^b   Ungerer, Judy ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FAMILY; FATHER; FEAR; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMAN; INFANT; INTIMACY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; PARENT; PHENYLKETONURIA; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE;

EID: 22544444924     PISSN: 10917527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1091-7527.23.2.204     Document Type: Article

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