Uncontrolled crying: Characteristics and differences from normative crying

Gerontology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 322-329

  Grinblat, Neta ^a   Grinblat, Einat ^b   Grinblat, Joseph ^a,c  

^a Beit Rivka Geriatric Rehabilitation Center   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Normative crying; Stroke aging, crying; Uncontrolled crying

Indexed keywords

AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRYING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CRYING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 4444382128     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000079131     Document Type: Review

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