Prevalence of Depression in an Elderly Population: A Population-Based Study in Iran

Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 17-21

  Majdi, Mohamad Reza ^a   Mobarhan, Majid Ghayour ^a   Salek, Maliheh ^a   Taghi, Mohamad ^a   Mokhber, Naghmeh ^a  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Depression; Elderly; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IRAN; MALE; OCCUPATION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETIREMENT; SALARY; SAMPLE SIZE; SOCIAL WELFARE;

EID: 84877000768     PISSN: 17358639     EISSN: 17359287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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