Sex differences in late-life depression

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 286-292

  Sonnenberg, Caroline M ^a   Beekman, A T F ^a   Deeg, D J H ^a   Van Tilburg, W ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Community; Depression; Elderly; Sex difference

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0034019272     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0447.2000.101004286.x     Document Type: Article

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