Food that makes you different: The stigma experienced by adolescents with celiac disease

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 976-984

  Olsson, Cecilia ^a   Lyon, Phil ^a   Hörnell, Agneta ^a   Ivarsson, Anneli ^a   Sydner, Ylva Mattsson ^a,b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Chronic illness; Dietetics; Focus groups; Lived experience; Social constructionism; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CELIAC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; FEMALE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD QUALITY; GLUTEN FREE DIET; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIGMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; CELIAC DISEASE; DIET, GLUTEN-FREE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 67649977073     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732309338722     Document Type: Article

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