Caregiver stress, Alzheimer's disease, and elder abuse

American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 81-83

  Wolf, Rosalie S ^a  

^a UMASS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; DEMENTIA; DRUG FORMULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; STATISTICAL MODEL; STRESS;

EID: 0032456742     PISSN: 15333175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153331759801300205     Document Type: Article

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