Depression among elderly people: A psychosocial study of urban and rural populations

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 1989, Pages 445-450

  Carpiniello, B ^a   Carta, M G ^a   Rudas, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

depression; elderly; epidemiology; social factor; urban rural difference

Indexed keywords

AGED; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT;

AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PERSONALITY TESTS; RURAL POPULATION; SICK ROLE; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0024444609     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1989.tb03004.x     Document Type: Article

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