Social support and depressive symptoms: Differential patterns in wife and daughter caregivers

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1997, Pages

  Li, Lydia Wailing ^a   Seltzer, Marsha Mailick ^a   Greenberg, Jan S ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAREGIVER; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0030806929     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/52B.4.S200     Document Type: Article

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