Living arrangements, social networks and depressive symptoms among older men and women in Singapore

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 630-639

  Chan, Angelique ^a,b   Malhotra, Chetna ^a   Malhotra, Rahul ^a   Østbye, Truls ^a,c  

^a DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

depressive symptoms; living arrangements; social networks

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY LIVING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL NETWORK;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 79953822201     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.2574     Document Type: Article

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