Assessment of burden in caregivers of Alzheimer's disease from India

Asian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 112-116

  Pattanayak, R D ^a   Jena, R ^a   Tripathi, M ^a   Khandelwal, S K ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Burden; Caregiver; Dementia; India

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMENTIA; INDIA; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 77956945286     PISSN: 18762018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajp.2010.06.002     Document Type: Article

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