Current and long-term spousal caregiving and onset of cardiovascular disease

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 951-956

  Capistrant, Benjamin D ^a   Robin Moon, J ^a   Berkman, Lisa F ^a,b   Maria Glymour, M ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD CENTER FOR POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ELDERLY CARE; ELDERLY POPULATION; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAREGIVER; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPOUSE; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866035001     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2011-200040     Document Type: Article

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