Mixed feelings about living with tinnitus: A qualitative study

Audiological Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 48-54

  Andersson, Gerhard ^a,b,c   Edvinsson, Emma ^d  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GROUNDED THEORY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TINNITUS;

EID: 41349101170     PISSN: 1651386X     EISSN: 16513835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16513860801899355     Document Type: Article

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