Living alone and depression: the modifying role of the perceived neighborhood environment

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 1065-1071

  Stahl, Sarah T ^a   Beach, Scott R ^b   Musa, Donald ^b   Schulz, Richard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

depression; elderly; environment; Living alone; neighborhood

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84973621896     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2016.1191060     Document Type: Article

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