Toward a threshold for subthreshold depression: An analysis of correlates of depression by severity of symptoms using data from an elderly community sample

Gerontologist

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 357-365

  Hybels, Celia F ^a   Blazer, Dan G ^b   Pieper, Carl F ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Depressive symptoms; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0035009986     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/41.3.357     Document Type: Article

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