Vitamin B12 deficiency and depression in physically disabled older women: Epidemiologic evidence from the women's health and aging study

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 157, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 715-721

  Penninx, Brenda W J H ^b   Guralnik, Jack M ^a   Ferrucci, Luigi ^b   Fried, Linda P ^b   Allen, Robert H ^b   Stabler, Sally P ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHYLMALONIC ACID;

AGED; AGING; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; AGE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DISABLED PERSON; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0033625099     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.157.5.715     Document Type: Article

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