Anxiety disorders in later life: A report from the longitudinal aging study Amsterdam

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 717-726

  Beekman, Aartjan T F ^a,b   Bremmer, Marijke A ^a   Deeg, Dorly J H ^a   Van Balkom, Anton J L M ^a   Smit, Jan H ^a   De Beurs, Edwin ^a   Van Dyck, Richard ^a   Van Tilburg, Willem ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Valerius Clinic   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Community; Elderly; Prevalence; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; EDUCATION; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; GENDER; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSESSION; PANIC; PHOBIA; PHYSICAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRESS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0031721919     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(1998100)13:10<717::AID-GPS857>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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