The perceived health of rural caregivers

Geriatric Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 145-148

  Sanford, Julie Tanner ^a   Townsend Rocchiccioli, Judith ^b  

^a SPRING HILL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; MORTALITY; NURSING; PHYSICAL DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALABAMA; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MISSISSIPPI; RURAL HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3242686258     PISSN: 01974572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2004.04.007     Document Type: Article

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