Clinician-rated symptoms and signs of depression in aged finns

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1988, Pages 274-284

  Kivelä, Sirkka Liisa ^a   Pahkala, Kimmo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; PAIN; PESSIMISM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AGED; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0024263307     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002076408803400405     Document Type: Article

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