Informal Caregiving Networks and Use of Formal Services by Inner-City African American Elderly With Dementia

Families in Society

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 55-62

  Li, Hong ^a,b   Edwards, Dorothy ^c,d   Morrow Howell, Nancy ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b John A Hartford Geriat SWFSP   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

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EID: 2142680625     PISSN: 10443894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1606/1044-3894.245     Document Type: Review

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