Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics
Volume 53, Issue 2 , Pages e118-e124 , September 2011

Trajectories of depression and their relationship with health status and social service use

  • Chun-Min Chen

      Affiliations

    • Division of Geriatric Research, Institute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes. No. 35, Keyan Road, Zhunan Town, Miaoli County 350, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Judy Mullan

      Affiliations

    • Graduate School of Medicine, University of Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
    • ,
  • David Griffiths

      Affiliations

    • School of Mathematics and Applied Statistics, University of Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
    • ,
  • Irene A. Kreis

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Academic Systems and Resources, University of Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
    • ,
  • Tzuo-Yun Lan

      Affiliations

    • Division of Geriatric Research, Institute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes. No. 35, Keyan Road, Zhunan Town, Miaoli County 350, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Herng-Chia Chiu

      Affiliations

    • Graduate Institute of Healthcare Administration, Kaohsiung Medical University. No. 100, Shih-Chuan 1 st Rd, San Ming District, 807 Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +886 7 3123 183; fax: +886 7 3137 487.

Received 22 March 2010 ,Revised 15 July 2010 ,Accepted 16 July 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.archger.2010.07.006

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics
Volume 53, Issue 2 , Pages e118-e124 , September 2011

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