Old age depression - A biological inevitability?

International Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 379-385

  Blanchard, Martin ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; BRAIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0029995751     PISSN: 09540261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09540269609051553     Document Type: Review

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