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Depression in the elderly in Karachi, Pakistan: a cross sectional study

BACKGROUND: Depression in elderly is a major global public health concern. There has been no population-based study of depression in the elderly in Pakistan. The aim of the study was to estimate the prevalence of depression and its association with family support of elderly (age 60 years and above)...

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Autores principales:	Bhamani, Mehreen Anwar, Karim, Mehtab S, Khan, Murad Moosa
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2013
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3704964/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23819509 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-244X-13-181

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