A community study on emotional distress among the elderly in Israel

Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 174-183

  Shemesh, Annarosa Anat ^a   Levav, Itzhak ^a   Blumstein, Tzvia ^b   Novikov, Ilya ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^b GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ISRAEL; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 13644270398     PISSN: 03337308     EISSN: 26172402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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