Reverberations of family illness: A longitudinal assessment of informal caregiving and mental health status in the nurses' health study

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1305-1311

  Cannuscio, Carolyn C ^a   Jones, Camara ^a   Kawachi, Ichiro ^a   Colditz, Graham A ^a   Berkman, Lisa ^a   Rimm, Eric ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; REWARD; STRESS;

EID: 0036311484     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.92.8.1305     Document Type: Article

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