Survey of the living conditions and psychosomatic states of the elderly in Japan who receive home help

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 247-250

  Horiguchi, Jun ^a   Sukegawa, Tsuruhei ^b   Inami, Yasushi ^c  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Maki Hospital   (Japan)

^c SEIWA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

elderly; home help; psychosomatic state

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DELUSION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; INTELLIGENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; SOCIAL WELFARE;

EID: 0029761262     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.1996.tb00558.x     Document Type: Article

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