Day care centre attendance and quality of life in depressed older adults living in the community

European Journal of Ageing

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-35

  Bilotta, Claudio ^a   Bergamaschini, Luigi ^a   Spreafico, Sibilla ^a   Vergani, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Day care centres; Depression; Older outpatients; Quality of life; Social participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77149132449     PISSN: 16139372     EISSN: 16139380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10433-010-0138-4     Document Type: Article

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