Transition to adulthood in Spina Bifida: Changing roles and expectations

TheScientificWorldJournal

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages 1890-1895

  Mukherjee, Shubhra ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Adulthood; Spina Bifida; Transition

Indexed keywords

ADULTHOOD; COMMUNITY; DISABILITY; EMPLOYMENT; EXPECTATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LIFE; LIFESPAN; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MODEL; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; REVIEW; SPINA BIFIDA; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ROLE; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38149109976     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/tsw.2007.179     Document Type: Review

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