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Loneliness, Adversity and Mood

Widowhood and depression: a longitudinal study of older persons in rural China

Jie XuInstitute for Population and Development Studies, School of Public Policy and Administration, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, P. R. China;
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Zheng WuDepartment of Gerontology, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC, Canada; Correspondence[email protected]
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Christoph M. SchimmeleStatistics Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada;
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Shuzhuo LiInstitute for Population and Development Studies, School of Public Policy and Administration, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, P. R. China
Pages 914-922 | Received 03 Aug 2018, Accepted 02 Jan 2019, Published online: 10 Feb 2019

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