Follow up study of longstanding depression as predictor of mortality in elderly people living in the community

British Medical Journal

Volumn 318, Issue 7181, 1999, Pages 432-433

  Pulska, Tuula ^a   Pahkala, Kimmo ^b   Laippala, Pekka ^c   Kivelä, Sirkka Liisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b W Finland Regional Service Unit   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE;

EID: 0033550714     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.318.7181.432     Document Type: Article

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