Depressive Disorders among the Chinese Elderly in a Suburban Community

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 196-200

  Lu, Chwen Hwa ^a   Liu, Chia Yih ^b   Yu, Shu ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TAIWAN;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBURBAN HEALTH; TAIWAN;

EID: 0032093235     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.1998.tb00339.x     Document Type: Article

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