Informal caregiving for chronic lung disease among older Americans

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Volumn 122, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 2197-2203

  Langa, Kenneth M ^a,c   Fendrick, Mark ^a   Flaherty, Kevin R ^a   Martinez, Ferndando J ^a   Kabeto, Mohammed U ^b   Saint, Sanjay ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c Division of General Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic lung disease; Cost of illness; Disability; Elderly; Informal caregiving

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYNAMICS; ELDERLY CARE; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 0036927708     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.122.6.2197     Document Type: Article

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