Age differences in coping and emotional responses toward SARS: A longitudinal study of Hong Kong Chinese

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 579-587

  Yeung, Dannii Yuen Lan ^a   Fung, Helene H ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANGER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; EPIDEMIC; FEAR; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHINA; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

EID: 34548855724     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607860601086355     Document Type: Article

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