Grandparental caregiving, income inequality and respiratory infections in elderly US individuals

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 246-253

  Cohen, Steven A ^a,b   Agree, Emily M ^b   Ahmed, Saifuddin ^b   Naumova, Elena N ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; DISEASE SPREAD; INFLUENZA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH DISPARITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INCOME; INFLUENZA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (U.S.); CHILD; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EFFECT MODIFIER, EPIDEMIOLOGIC; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCOME; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTING; PNEUMONIA; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79951656908     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2009.093476     Document Type: Article

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