Burden and correlates of geriatric depression in the Uyghur elderly population, observation from Xinjiang, China.
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Feng, LeiLi, Ping
Lu, Chen
Tang, Weiming
Mahapatra, Tanmay
Wang, Yu
Wang, Xihua
Ma, Ying
Ben, Yanli
Cao, Xiaolin
Mahapatra, Sanchita
Ling, Min
Gou, Anshuan
Wang, Yanmei
Xiao, Jiangqin
Hou, Ming
Wang, Xiuli
Lin, Bo
Chen, Ruoling
Wang, Faxing
Hu, Zhi
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2014
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With the gradual aging of the population, geriatric depression has become a major public health issue in China owing to its overall upward trend and associated negative socio-economic impact. Dearth of information regarding the burden and correlates of geriatric depression among Uyghur minority population in Xinjiang Autonomous Region, called for a comprehensive survey involving representative sample for designing efficient targeted intervention to control this disabling disease.Citation
Burden and correlates of geriatric depression in the Uyghur elderly population, observation from Xinjiang, China. 2014, 9 (12):e114139 PLoS ONEJournal
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1932-6203ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1371/journal.pone.0114139
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