Depressive symptoms among older adults in urban and rural areas

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1175-1180

  St John, Philip D ^a   Blandford, Audrey A ^a   Strain, Laurel A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

CES D; Depression; Depressive symptoms; Elderly; Non urban; Older adults; Rural

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANITOBA; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 33845932848     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1637     Document Type: Article

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