Positive aspects of Alzheimer's caregiving: The role of race

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2004, Pages

  Roff, Lucinda Lee ^a   Burgio, Louis D ^a   Gitlin, Laura ^b   Nichols, Linda ^c   Chaplin, William ^d   Hardin, J Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CAREGIVER; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RELIGION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3543001611     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/59.4.P185     Document Type: Article

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