Symptoms of depression among community-dwelling elderly African-American and White older adults

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1311-1320

  Blazer, D G ^a   Landerman, L R ^b   Hays, J C ^b   Simonsick, E M ^b   Saunders, W B ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; APPETITE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; EDUCATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INCOME; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VARIANCE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; DEPRESSION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MOTIVATION; NORTH CAROLINA; PSYCHOMETRICS; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 0031797882     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291798007648     Document Type: Article

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