Burden of caregiving in mild to moderate dementia: An Asian experience

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 411-420

  Lim, Ping Plng Joy ^a   Sahadevan, Suresh ^a   Choo, Geok Kim ^a   Anthony, Philomena ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COMMUNITY CARE; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0033405013     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S104161029900602X     Document Type: Article

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