Older Australian home-care clients who screen positive for depression

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 84-88

  Lewin, Gill ^a   Chain, Silver ^a   Calver, Janine ^b  

^a Curtin University of Technology ^*

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aged; Depression; Home care services; Prevalence; Public health

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248607191     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2006.00155.x     Document Type: Article

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