Depression in Singapore: Failure to demonstrate an age effect on clinical features

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1054-1060

  Tan, L L ^a   Ng, L L ^a   Tan, S ^a   Roy, K ^b   Brodaty, H ^b   Parker, G ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age impact; Chinese; Depression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; RACE DIFFERENCE; SINGAPORE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGAPORE;

EID: 0035182620     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.460     Document Type: Article

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