Understanding young peoples' experience of chronic illness: A systematic review

International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 321-336

  Venning, Anthony ^a   Eliott, Jaklin ^a   Wilson, Anne ^a   Kettler, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children's health; Psychology; Qualitative research; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868635016     PISSN: 17441595     EISSN: 17441609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-1609.2008.00107.x     Document Type: Article

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