Social correlates of the dimensions of depression in the elderly

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1998, Pages

  Hays, Judith C ^a   Landerman, Lawrence R ^b   George, Linda K ^b   Flint, Elizabeth P ^b   Koenig, Harold G ^b   Land, Kenneth C ^b   Blazer, Dan G ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; FEMALE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOMATIZATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0031886346     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/53B.1.P31     Document Type: Article

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