Predictors of adaptation in icelandic and American families of young children with chronic asthma

Family and Community Health

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 338-350

  Svavarsdottir, Erla Kolbrun ^a   Rayens, Mary Kay ^b   McCubbin, Marilyn ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

^c University of Hawaii at Manoa School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood chronic asthma; Family adaptation; Family as a unit

Indexed keywords

EID: 26244433263     PISSN: 01606379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003727-200510000-00006     Document Type: Article

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