Medical comorbidity in elderly psychiatric inpatients

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 724-736

  Zubenko, George S ^a   Marino Jr , Louis J ^a   Sweet, Robert A ^a   Rifai, Aicha Hind ^a   Mulsant, Benoit H ^a   Pasternak, Rona E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; comorbidity; inpatient geriatric psychiatry; medical illness; mental health

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE; FEMALE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS;

EID: 0030965891     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(96)00337-X     Document Type: Article

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