Rural vs. Urban geropsychiatric patients: Differences on demographic and psychiatric measures

Clinical Gerontologist

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 45-55

  Molinari, Victor ^a,b   Boeve, Wally ^a   Kunik, Mark E ^a   Snow Turek, A Lynn ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Geropsychology Houston Vet Aff M   (United States)

Author keywords

Geropsychiatry; Inpatients; Rural; Urban

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGITATION; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0032836666     PISSN: 07317115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J018v20n03_05     Document Type: Article

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