Psychological disorder and mortality in French older adults: Do social relations modify the association?

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 116-126

  Fuhrer, R ^a,b   Dufouil, C ^b   Antonucci, T C ^c   Shipley, M J ^a   Helmer, C ^b   Dartigues, J F ^b  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohort studies; Depression; Mortality; Social support

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FRANCE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0033556389     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009776     Document Type: Article

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