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. 1985 Dec;77(12):1017–1019.

Relationship Between Depression, Social Support, and Physical Illness Among Elderly Blacks: Research Notes

Dorothy Smith-Ruiz
PMCID: PMC2571245  PMID: 4078922

Abstract

Depression in relation to social support and physical illness in 100 elderly blacks living in the metropolitan Washington, DC area was assessed in this preliminary study.

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