Stress, gender, cognitive impairment, and outpatient physician use in later life

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1996, Pages

  Krause, Neal ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS;

EID: 0030056991     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/51B.1.P15     Document Type: Article

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