The relationship between depression and mortality in elderly subjects with less severe dementia

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 979-983

  Janzing, J G E ^a   Bouwens, J M P ^b   Teunisse, R J ^b   Van't Hof, M A ^b   Zitman, F G ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032798990     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003329179900865X     Document Type: Article

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