Association between depression and socio-economic status among community-dwelling elderly in Japan: The Aichi Gerontological Evaluation Study (AGES)

Health and Place

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 406-414

  Murata, Chiyoe ^a   Kondo, Katsunori ^a   Hirai, Hiroshi ^a   Ichida, Yukinobu ^a   Ojima, Toshiyuki ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Area difference; Elderly; GDS; Japan; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; ELDERLY POPULATION; MENTAL HEALTH; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 41149166782     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2007.08.007     Document Type: Article

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