Employment status, social ties, and caregivers' mental health

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1247-1256

  Cannuscio, Carolyn C ^a   Colditz, Graham A ^b,c   Rimm, Eric B ^b   Berkman, Lisa F ^b   Jones, Camara P ^d   Kawachi, Ichiro ^b  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Depressive symptoms; Employment; Mental health; Social ties; USA

Indexed keywords

MENTAL HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; MENTAL HEALTH; PARENT; PREDICTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SPOUSE;

EID: 0842283397     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(03)00317-4     Document Type: Article

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