Depression in the elderly and the role of family dynamics;La depresión del anciano y el papel de la dinámica familiar

Atencion primaria / Sociedad Española de Medicina de Familia y Comunitaria

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 226-229

  Garcia Lozano L ^a,b   Merida Quinones F ^a,b   Mestre Reoyo, I ^a,c   Gallego Parrilla, M D ^a,c   Duarte Romero, A J ^a,c   Mesa Ramos, R G ^a,c   Rodriguez Escalera C ^a,d  

^a Unidad Docente de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria de Málaga   (Spain)

^b Medicina de Familia   (Spain)

^c Residente de tercer año de Medicina de Familia   (Spain)

^d Hospital General Médico Quirúrgico   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPAIN; URBAN POPULATION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SPAIN; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0034653009     PISSN: 02126567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0212-6567(00)78491-5     Document Type: Article

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