A psychological perspective of eye floaters

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1547-1558

  Cipolletta, Sabrina ^a   Beccarello, Alessandra ^b   Galan, Alessandro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b S ANTONIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

constructivism; illness and disease, experiences; interviews, semistructured; lived experience; qualitative analysis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; VITREOUS BODY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 84866995273     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732312456604     Document Type: Article

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