The Moderating Effect of Age on Self-Care

Western Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 136-148

  Spitzer, Ada ^a,b   Bar Tal, Yoram ^a   Ziv, Liora ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATISFACTION; SELF CARE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CARE;

EID: 0030117966     PISSN: 01939459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/019394599601800203     Document Type: Article

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