Social support, health service use and mental health among caregivers of the elderly in rural China

Ageing International

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 72-84

  Wang, Huali ^a   Xiong, Qian ^b   Levkoff, Sue E ^c   Yu, Xin ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY SIXTH HOSPITAL   (China)

^b NANCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiver; Chinese; Elderly; Health status; Long term care; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949292841     PISSN: 01635158     EISSN: 1936606X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12126-009-9049-0     Document Type: Article

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