Prognosis of depression with and without dementia in old age

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 141-146

  Arve, Seija ^a,b   Lehtonen, Aapo ^a,b   Tilvis, Reijo S ^c  

^a TURKU CITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cognitive decline; Dementia; Depression; Old age; Survival prognosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOOD; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT;

EID: 0031682343     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4943(98)00107-1     Document Type: Article

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