The edinburgh family scale: A new measure of family functioning

International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 15-22

  Blair, Caroline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Cystic fibrosis; Family functioning; Family therapy; Self report

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749171574     PISSN: 10498931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1234-988X(199604)6:1<15::AID-MPR146>3.3.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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