Diabetes Risk and Disease Management in Later Life: A National Longitudinal Study of the Role of Marital Quality

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1070-1080

  Liu, Hui ^a   Waite, Linda ^b   Shen, Shannon ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Disease management; Gender; Marital quality; Marriage

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84994577710     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbw061     Document Type: Article

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