Psychosocial impact of sickle cell disease on mothers of affected children seen at University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Nigeria

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 410-419

  Tunde Ayinmode, M F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NIGERIA; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SOCIOECONOMICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; NIGERIA; PARENTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 36349013100     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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