Screening for depression in hospitalised and community-dwelling elderly: the use of the 4-item, 5-item and 15-item geriatric depression scales
β Scribed by Huong V Nguyen; Charles A Inderjeeth; Elaine Tang; Liza Barnabas; Majo Merriam
- Book ID
- 111306876
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 178 KB
- Volume
- 25
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1440-6381
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