The use of GDS-15 among the older adults in beijing

Clinical Gerontologist

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 49-60

  Boey, Kam Weng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese; GDS 15; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0033840423     PISSN: 07317115     EISSN: 15452301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J018v21n02_05     Document Type: Article

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