Involvement in caregiving and adjustment to death of a spouse: Findings from the caregiver health effects study

JAMA

Volumn 285, Issue 24, 2001, Pages 3123-3129

  Schulz, Richard ^a,b   Beach, Scott R ^b   Lind, Bonnie ^c   Martire, Lynn M ^a,b   Zdaniuk, Bozena ^b   Hirsch, Calvin ^d   Jackson, Sharon ^e   Burton, Lynda ^f  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BEREAVEMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SPOUSE; STRESS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0035958317     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.285.24.3123     Document Type: Article

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