Living with polio and postpolio syndrome in the United Kingdom

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 238-245

  Atwal, Anita ^a   Giles, Amy ^a   Spiliotopoulou, Georgia ^a   Plastow, Nicola ^a   Wilson, Lesley ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

British polio fellowship survey; Poliomyelitis; Postpolio survivors; Quality of life; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLIOMYELITIS; POSTPOLIOMYELITIS SYNDROME; QUALITY OF LIFE; UNITED KINGDOM;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; POLIOMYELITIS; POSTPOLIOMYELITIS SYNDROME; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84877828341     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2012.01029.x     Document Type: Article

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