Locus of control and selected mental health variables in asthmatics: What are the associations with dyspnea?

Polskie Archiwum Medycyny Wewnetrznej

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 187-192

  Furgał, Mariusz ^a   Nowobilski, Roman ^a,b   De Barbaro, Bogdan ^a   Polczyk, Romuald ^a   Szczeklik, Andrzej ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION   (Poland)

Author keywords

Asthma; Dyspnea; Gender; Locus of control; Psychopathology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; LOCUS OF CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 79959556359     PISSN: 00323772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20452/pamw.1053     Document Type: Article

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