Depression and mortality in the elderly

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 204-208

  Schulz, Richard ^a,b   Martire, Lynne M ^a,b   Beach, Scott R ^b   Scheier, Michael F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Death; Depression; Elderly; Hopelessness; Motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034338664     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8721.00095     Document Type: Article

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