Elder-proxy agreement concerning the functional status and medical history of the older person: The impact of caregiver burden and depressive symptomatology

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1103-1111

  Long, Kristie ^a   Sudha, S ^a   Mutran, Elizabeth J ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031694221     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1998.tb06648.x     Document Type: Article

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