Impairment, disability and handicap as risk factors for depression in old age. The Gospel Oak Project V

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 311-321

  Prince, M J ^a   Harwood, R H ^b   Blizard, R A ^b   Thomas, A ^b   Mann, A H ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCOME; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENESCENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED KINGDOM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CAUSALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0030934499     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291796004473     Document Type: Article

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