Psychological Effects of Hypoglycaemia

Hypoglycaemia in Clinical Diabetes: Third Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 323-333

  Snoek, Frank J ^a   Hajos, Tibor R S ^a   Rondags, Stefanie M P A ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Avoidance behaviours; Coping; Fear of hypoglycaemia; Hypoglycaemia; Psycho education; Psychological assessment; Symptom perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955377441     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118695432.ch16     Document Type: Chapter

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