Assessing mental health and its association with income and resource utilization in old-old Chinese in Hong Kong

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 236-243

  Zhang, James X ^a   Ho, Suzanne C ^b   Woo, Jean ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 84903171456     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019442-200503000-00009     Document Type: Article

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