Prevalence of depression in people over 65 years of age in Serbia – public health significance

Snežana  Radovanović; Sanja Kocić; Marija  Sekulić; Gordana Ristić; Svetlana Radević; Katarina  Janićijević

Snežana Radovanović University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Department of Social Medicine Kragujevac, Serbia
Sanja Kocić Department of Social medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, Serbia
Marija Sekulić University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Department of Hygiene and Ecology , Kragujevac, Serbia
Gordana Ristić Department of Dernatology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, Serbia
Svetlana Radević University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Department of Social Medicine Kragujevac, Serbia
Katarina Janićijević University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Department of Social Medicine Kragujevac, SerbiaDepartment of Social medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, Serbia

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