Depression in elderly: A cross-sectional study in rural South India

Journal International Medical Sciences Academy

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 259-261

  Barua, Ankur ^a,b   Acharya, Das ^a   Nagaraj, K ^a   Vinod Bhat, H ^a   Nair, N S ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b SIKKIM MANIPAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Correlates; Depression; Elderly; Multiple logistic regression; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA;

EID: 40649118805     PISSN: 0971071X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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