Depression and disability in older people with impaired vision: A follow-up study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 181-184

  Rovner, Barry W ^a   Zisselman, Pamela M ^b   Shmuely Dulitzki, Yochi ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 0030068436     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1996.tb02436.x     Document Type: Article

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