The course of depression in the elderly: A longitudinal community-based study in Australia

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 119-129

  Henderson, A S ^a   Korten, A E ^b   Jacomb, P A ^b   Mackinnon, A J ^b   Jorm, A F ^b   Christensen, H ^b   Rodgers, B ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENOTYPE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROSIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYMPTOM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VICTORIA;

EID: 0031020709     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291796004199     Document Type: Article

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