Prospective study of living arrangement by the ability to receive informal care and survival among Japanese elderly

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 79-85

  Fujino, Yoshihisa ^a   Matsuda, Shinya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aged; Cohort study; Housing for the elderly; Informal care; Japan

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; JAPAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; WELFARE;

AGED; CAREGIVERS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; JAPAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SURVIVAL;

EID: 58149242550     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2008.10.014     Document Type: Article

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