Caregiving as a risk factor for mortality: The caregiver health effects study

Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 282, Issue 23, 1999, Pages 2215-2219

  Schulz, Richard ^a   Beach, Scott R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPOUSE; STRESS; SYSTEMIC DISEASE;

EID: 0033572972     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.282.23.2215     Document Type: Article

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