A Spanish version of the geriatric depression scale in Mexican-American elders

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 21-25

  Baker, F M ^a,c   Espino, David V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Geriatric depression scale; Spanish; Survey

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; PSYCHIATRIST; RATING SCALE; SENESCENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEXAS; TRANSLATING;

EID: 0031023388     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199701)12:1<21::AID-GPS444>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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