Depression and disability associated with impaired vision: The moVIES project

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 617-619

  Rovner, Barry W ^a,c   Ganguli, Mary ^b  

^a WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c Wills Geriatric Psychiatry Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0031807423     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1998.tb01080.x     Document Type: Article

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