Determinants of burden in an Italian sample of Alzheimer's patient caregivers

Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 17-27

  Zanetti, Orazio ^a,b   Magni, Eugenio ^a,b   Sandri, Claudio ^a,b   Frisoni, Giovanni B ^a,b   Bianchetti, Angelo ^a,b   Trabucchi, Marco ^a,b  

^a GERIATRIC RESEARCH GROUP   (Italy)

^b S Cuore Fatebenefratelli Institute   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's patients; Caregivers; Culture; Depressive mood; Italy; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002794595     PISSN: 01693816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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