This research was developed within a study on the quality of life of elderly people and involved 462 communitydwelling subjects aged 75 and over living in the city centre of Brescia and Padua, northern Italy. The presence of the well-known relationship between depression and somatic complaints was c
Recognition of depressive symptoms in the elderly: What can help the patient and the doctor
β Scribed by Ioannis A. Parashos; Sophia Stamouli; Efi Rogakou; Rita Theodotou; Ioannis Nikas; Athanassios Mougias
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 66 KB
- Volume
- 15
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1091-4269
- DOI
- 10.1002/da.10013
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