The Health of Caregiving Grandmothers: A Rural-Urban Comparison

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 289-296

  Bigbee, Jeri L ^a   Musil, Carol ^b   Kenski, Diane ^a  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiving; Grandmothers; Health; Rural; Urban

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

AGED; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD CARE; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; OHIO; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 79953055134     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2010.00340.x     Document Type: Article

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