Depressive symptoms in elderly medical-surgical patients hospitalized in community settings

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 14-23

  Koenig, Harold G ^a   Gittelman, David ^a   Branski, Sherri ^a   Brown, Shelley ^a   Stone, Patty ^a   Ostrow, Barry ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL PATIENT; SYMPTOM; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 0031965422     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019442-199802000-00003     Document Type: Article

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