Lay concepts of health and illness from a developmental perspective

Psychology and Health

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 229-238

  Schmidt, Lothar R ^a   Fröhling, Heike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Developmental perspective; Health; Illness; Lay concepts

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644551602     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870440008400303     Document Type: Review

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