How individuals with phenylketonuria experience their illness: An age-related qualitative study

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 539-548

  Vegni, E ^a   Fiori, L ^a   Riva, E ^a   Giovannini, M ^a   Moja, E A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Communication; Grounded theory; Phenylketonuria; Qualitative approaches

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHENYLKETONURIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PHENYLKETONURIAS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954730843     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2009.01000.x     Document Type: Article

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