Caregiving to Children and Grandchildren and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease in Women

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 93, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1939-1944

  Lee, Sunmin ^a,b,c   Colditz, Graham ^b,c,d   Berkman, Lisa ^a   Kawachi, Ichiro ^a,b,c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d HARVARD CENTER FOR CANCER PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD CARE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; AGED; CHILD; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; FAMILY; HUMAN RELATION; INCIDENCE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD CARE; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0642306173     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.93.11.1939     Document Type: Article

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