Informal caregiving and self-reported mental and physical health: Results from the gazel cohort study

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 101, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1971-1979

  Buyck, Jean Francxois ^a   Bonnaud, Sophie ^b   Boumendil, Ariane ^a   Andrieu, Sandrine ^a   Bonenfant, Sébastien ^b   Goldberg, Marcel ^b   Zins, Marie ^b   Ankri, Joël ^c  

^a Île de France Ouest University Paris   (France)

^b CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN EPIDEMIOLOGY AND POPULATION HEALTH   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CAREGIVERS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; SELF REPORT;

EID: 80053017633     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2010.300044     Document Type: Article

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