Longitudinal analysis of multiple indicators of health decline among spousal caregivers

Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 101-109

  Shaw, William S ^b   Patterson, Thomas L ^a   Semple, Shirley J ^b   Ho, Sandy ^b   Irwin, Michael R ^b   Hauger, Richard L ^b   Grant, Igor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPOUSE; STRESS;

EID: 0030828946     PISSN: 08836612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02883326     Document Type: Article

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