Low blood pressure and risk of depression in the elderly. A prospective community-based study

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 176, Issue MAY, 2000, Pages 464-467

  Paterniti, Sabrina ^a,b   Verdier Taillefer, Marie Hélène ^a   Geneste, Catherine ^a   Bisserbe, Jean Claude ^a   Alpérovitch, Annick ^a  

^a HÔPITAL FERNAND WIDAL   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGED; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRANCE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0034095413     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.176.5.464     Document Type: Article

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