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Development and initial validation of a 15-item informant version of the Geriatric Depression Scale

✍ Scribed by Lisa M. Brown; John A. Schinka

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2005
Tongue: English
Weight: 78 KB
Volume: 20
Category: Article
ISSN: 0885-6230
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1375

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