Mental health in late adulthood: What can preserve it?

Applied Research in Quality of Life

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2015, Pages 459-471

  Fastame, Maria Chiara ^a   Penna, Maria Pietronilla ^a   Hitchcott, Paul Kenneth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b SOUTHAMPTON SOLENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Depression; Mental health; Predictors; Rural; Urban

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929966421     PISSN: 18712584     EISSN: 18712576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11482-014-9323-5     Document Type: Article

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