A psychological approach to the assessment of quality of life in visually impaired subjects

Zeitschrift fur Medizinische Psychologie

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 57-62

  Franke, Gabriele Helga ^a   Mähner, Nicole ^b   Reimer, Jens ^c   Voigtländer Fleiß, Anja ^d   Esser, Joachim ^d  

^a Hochschule Magdeburg Stendal (FH)   (United Kingdom)

^b Children s Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Psycho ophthalmology; Psychological assessment; Quality of life; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013598387     PISSN: 09405569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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