Elevated depressive symptoms among caregiving grandparents

Health Services Research

Volumn 39, Issue 6 I, 2004, Pages 1671-1690

  Blustein, Jan ^a   Chan, Sewin ^a   Guanais, Frederico C ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Depression; Minority groups; Socioeconomic factors; Women's health

Indexed keywords

CAREGIVER; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EXPERIENCE; FOSTER CARE; HEALTH CARE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERVIEW; RATING SCALE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; REVIEW; SAFETY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WELLBEING;

EID: 10044298373     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2004.00312.x     Document Type: Review

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