Religious climate and geographical distribution of depressive symptoms in older Dutch citizens

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 54, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 149-159

  Braam, Arjan W ^a,b   Beekman, Aartjan T F ^a   Van Den Eeden, Pieter ^a   Deeg, Dorly J H ^a   Knipscheer, Kees P M ^a   Van Tilburg, Willem ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Community; Context; Depression; Elderly; Religion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; STRESS; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0032992724     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0327(98)00172-4     Document Type: Article

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