Sadness in older persons: 13-year follow-up of a community sample in Baltimore, Maryland

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 341-350

  Gallo, Joseph J ^a   Rabins, P V ^b   Anthony, J C ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DYSPHORIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BALTIMORE; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; STATISTICS;

EID: 0032993460     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291798008083     Document Type: Article

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