Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
Volume 15, Issue 9 , Pages 665-669 , 5 November 2009

Effects of optimism/pessimism and locus of control on disability and quality of life in Parkinson's disease

  • Ann L. Gruber-Baldini

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gerontology, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Division of Gerontology, Department of Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 660 W. Redwood Street, Suite 200 Howard Hall, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA. Tel.: +1 410 706 2444; fax: +1 410 706 4434.
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  • Jian Ye

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gerontology, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    • ,
  • Karen E. Anderson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    • ,
  • Lisa M. Shulman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA

Received 1 August 2008 ,Revised 6 February 2009 ,Accepted 25 March 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2009.03.005

Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
Volume 15, Issue 9 , Pages 665-669 , 5 November 2009

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