Psychosocial aspects and psychiatric disorders in young adult with thalassemia major

Internal and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 339-343

  Messina, Giuseppina ^a   Colombo, Elisa ^a   Cassinerio, Elena ^a   Ferri, Francesca ^a   Curti, Rita ^a   Altamura, Carlo ^a   Cappellini, Maria Domenica ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coping; Self image and quality of life; Somatization

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; SOMATOFORM DISORDER;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BETA-THALASSEMIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55949127342     PISSN: 18280447     EISSN: 19709366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11739-008-0166-7     Document Type: Article

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