Health practices of adults with elder care responsibilities

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 155-161

  Scharlach, Andrew E ^a,b   Midanik, Lorraine T ^a,b   Runkle, M Cecilia ^a   Soghikian, Krikor ^a  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

caregiving; elder care; health practices; health promotion; health risk behaviors; HMO

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; ELDERLY CARE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 0031104788     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1996.0128     Document Type: Article

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