Caregiving issues for grandmothers raising their grandchildren

Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment

Volumn 7, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 201-223

  Waldrop, Deborah P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Family stress; Grandmothers raising grandchildren; Grandparent caregiving

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947130065     PISSN: 10911359     EISSN: 15403556     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J137v07n03_12     Document Type: Article

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