The relationship between self-rated health and depressive symptoms in an epidemiological sample of community-dwelling older adults

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 954-958

  Mulsant, Benoit H ^a,c   Ganguli, Mary ^a,b   Seaberg, Eric C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRESCRIPTION; SELF CONCEPT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0030872782     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1997.tb02966.x     Document Type: Article

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