Grandparents health in the grandparent-grandchild households

Journal of Nursing

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 77-81

  Chang, Mei Chuan ^a,b  

^a TZU CHI COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Grandparent grandchild households; Grandparents; Health

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHILD; CHILD CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MENTAL HEALTH; PARENTING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 35548941372     PISSN: 0047262X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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