Does growing old increase the risk for depression?

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 154, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1384-1390

  Roberts, Robert E ^a   Kaplan, George A ^b   Shema, Sarah J ^b   Strawbridge, William J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0030798354     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.154.10.1384     Document Type: Article

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