Sex and gender in older adults' experience of parkinson's disease

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Solimeo, Samantha ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic illness; Disability; Femininity; Gender; Masculinity; Parkinson's disease

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ETHNOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SUPPORT GROUP; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 41649104751     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/63.1.S42     Document Type: Article

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