Depressive symptoms and 3-year mortality in older hospitalized medical patients

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 130, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 563-569

  Covinsky, Kenneth E ^a   Kahana, Eva ^b   Chin, Marshall H ^c   Palmer, Robert M ^d   Fortinsky, Richard H ^e   Landefeld, C Seth ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0033528739     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-130-7-199904060-00004     Document Type: Article

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