Low cholesterol concentrations and severe depressive symptoms in elderly people

BMJ

Volumn 308, Issue 6940, 1994, Pages 1328-

  Brown, S L ^a   Salive, M E ^a   Harris, T B ^a   Simonsick, E M ^a   Guarlnik, J M ^a   Kohout, F J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHOLESTEROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0028173760     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.308.6940.1328     Document Type: Article

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