Minor and major depression and the risk of death in older persons

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 889-895

  Penninx, Brenda W J H ^a,c   Geerlings, Sandra W ^a   Deeg, Dorly J H ^a,b   Van Eijk, Jacques T M ^a   Van Tilburg, Willem ^a,b   Beekman, Aartjan T F ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Psychiatry ^*  (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DEATH; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0032862054     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.56.10.889     Document Type: Article

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