Widowhood and depression: Gender differences

Research on Aging

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 611-630

  Lee, Gary R ^a   Willetts, Marion C ^b   Seccombe, Karen ^b  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SAMPLING; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WIDOW;

EID: 0031822244     PISSN: 01640275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0164027598205004     Document Type: Article

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