Asian Nursing Research
Volume 3, Issue 3 , Pages 121-129 , September 2009

Prevalence and Predictors of Geriatric Depression in Community-Dwelling Elderly

  • Jeung-Im Kim, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, Soon Chun Hyang University, Asan, Korea
    • ,
  • Myoung-Ae Choe, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • College of Nursing, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
    • ,
  • Young Ran Chae, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing, Kangwon National University, Chunchon, Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Young Ran Chae, Department of Nursing, Kangwon National University, Chunchon, Kangwondo, 200-701, Korea

Received 25 June 2009 ,Revised 3 July 2009 ,Accepted 4 September 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/S1976-1317(09)60023-2

Asian Nursing Research
Volume 3, Issue 3 , Pages 121-129 , September 2009

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