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Female family caregivers face a higher risk of hypertension and lowered estimated glomerular filtration rates: a cross-sectional, comparative study

BACKGROUND: Despite societal efforts to alleviate the challenges, caregiving seems to constitute a substantial burden and source of stress for many families of older adults in Japan. However, precise information on the physical health of caregivers, based on objective data, is not available. The pur...

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Autores principales: Torimoto-Sasai, Yasuko, Igarashi, Ayumi, Wada, Takashi, Ogata, Yasuko, Yamamoto-Mitani, Noriko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4340290/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25927998
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-1519-6