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Depression among the elderly population in Sohag governorate

Hanan Y. Aly, Ahmed F. Hamed and Nesreen A. Mohammed
Saudi Medical Journal February 2018, 39 (2) 185-190; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2018.2.21353
Hanan Y. Aly
From the Neuropsychiatric Department (Aly), and Department of Public Health and Community Medicine (Hamed, Mohammed), Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt
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Ahmed F. Hamed
From the Neuropsychiatric Department (Aly), and Department of Public Health and Community Medicine (Hamed, Mohammed), Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt
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Nesreen A. Mohammed
From the Neuropsychiatric Department (Aly), and Department of Public Health and Community Medicine (Hamed, Mohammed), Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt
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