Association of interleukin-6 and other biologic variables with depression in older people living in the community

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 6-11

  Dentino, Andrew N ^a   Pieper, Carl F ^a   Rao, K Murali K ^a   Currie, Mark S ^a   Harris, Tamara ^b   Blazer, Dan G ^a   Cohen, Harvey Jay ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBULIN; GLOBULIN; INTERLEUKIN 6;

AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT;

EID: 0032943048     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1999.tb01894.x     Document Type: Article

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