Parental anxiety and quality of life of epileptic children

Biomedical and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 228-232

  Li, Yong ^a   Ji, Cheng Ye ^a   Qin, Jiong ^b   Zhang, Zhi Xiang ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Child; Epilepsy; Parents; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

EID: 47949133053     PISSN: 08953988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-3988(08)60034-3     Document Type: Article

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