Marital and family relations and depression in married elderly Finns

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 54, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 177-182

  Kivelä, Sirkka Liisa ^a,b   Luukinen, Heikki ^a,b   Sulkava, Raimo ^c   Viramo, Petteri ^a,b   Koski, Keijo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Abuse; Aged; Depression; Depressive disorder; Family relations; Marital relations; Predictor; Violence

Indexed keywords

ABUSE; AGED; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FAMILY; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0032996412     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0327(98)00143-8     Document Type: Article

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