Mothers' health, responsibilization and choice in family care work after separation/divorce

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 99, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2008, Pages

  Treloar, Rachel ^a   Funk, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Divorce; Family caregiving; Women's health

Indexed keywords

EID: 58649097964     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03403802     Document Type: Article

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