Depression and couples - Depression in elderly spouse pairs

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 329-338

  Kivelä, Sirkka Liisa ^a,b   Luukinen, Heikki ^a,b   Viramo, Petteri ^a,b   Koski, Keijo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MARRIAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENESCENCE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SPOUSE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SPOUSES;

EID: 0032160440     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610298005419     Document Type: Article

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