Gender differences in depressive symptoms of aging Chinese in Urban Jiangsu in China

Clinical Gerontologist

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 190-206

  Lai, Daniel W L ^a   Guo, Aimei ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese; Depression; Elderly; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956140572     PISSN: 07317115     EISSN: 15452301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07317115.2011.555326     Document Type: Article

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