Neighborhood characteristics and depressive mood among older adults: An integrative review

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1207-1225

  Julien, Dominic ^a   Richard, Lucie ^a,b   Gauvin, Lise ^a,c   Kestens, Yan ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

aged; built environment; depression; elderly; literature review

Indexed keywords

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC OR RACIAL ASPECTS; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; MEDLINE; MOOD DISORDER; POVERTY; PSYCINFO; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AFFECT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84862291032     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610211002894     Document Type: Review

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