Predictors of change in anxiety symptoms of older persons: Results from the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 515-527

  De Beurs, Edwin ^a   Beekman, A T F ^a   Deeg, D J H ^a   Van Dyck, R ^a   Van Tilburg, W ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH STATUS; HEARING DISORDER; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PERSONALITY; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SYMPTOM; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANXIETY DISORDERS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0034130584     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291799001956     Document Type: Article

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