Emotion regulation and disease adjustment in women and men with rheumatoid arthritis;Emotieregulatie en aanpassing aan de ziekte bij vrouwen en mannen met reumatoïde artritis

Psychologie en Gezondheid

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 13-22

  Van Middendorp, Henriët ^a   Geenen, Rinie ^b   Sorbi, Marjolijn J ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

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EID: 84455203317     PISSN: 18731791     EISSN: 18768741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03077462     Document Type: Article

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