Comparison of Older and Younger Individuals with Multiple Sclerosis: A Preliminary Investigation

Rehabilitation Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 123-125

  DiLorenzo, Terry ^a   Halper, June ^b   Picone, Mary Ann ^b  

^a YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Holy Name Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FITNESS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; MOOD; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; TELEPHONE;

EID: 2342568407     PISSN: 00905550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0090-5550.49.2.123     Document Type: Article

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