Religiosity as a protective or prognostic factor of depression in latter life; results from a community survey in The Netherlands

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 199-205

  Braam, A W ^a,b   Beekman, A T F ^a   Deeg, D J H ^a   Smit, J H ^a   Van Tilburg, W ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Depression; Elderly; Religion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RELIGION;

EID: 0030754343     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1997.tb10152.x     Document Type: Article

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