A psychometric study of the geriatric depression scale

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 55-60

  Lopez, Michael N ^a   Quan, Nancy M ^a   Carvajal, Perla M ^a  

^a VA LONG BEACH HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Geriatric depression scale; Reliability

Indexed keywords

EID: 75949124640     PISSN: 10155759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1015-5759/a000008     Document Type: Article

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