The role of social support in multiple morbidity: Self-management among rural residents

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 756-771

  Bardach, Shoshana H ^a,b   Tarasenko, Yelena N ^a,b   Schoenberg, Nancy E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appalachian region; Rural health; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051892475     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: 15486869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2011.0083     Document Type: Article

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