Age and depression in the post-communist Czech Republic

Research on Aging

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 442-461

  Hraba, Joseph ^b   Lorenz, Frederick O ^b   Pechačová, Zdeňka ^a  

^a CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CZECH REPUBLIC; DEPRESSION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STRESS;

EID: 0030704231     PISSN: 01640275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0164027597194003     Document Type: Article

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