Potential for community programs to prevent depression in older people

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 177, Issue 7 SUPPL., 2002, Pages

  Bird, Michael J ^a   Parslow, Ruth A ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID;

AGED; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY CARE; COMORBIDITY; DEATH; DEPRESSION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISABILITY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELDERLY CARE; EXERCISE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; META ANALYSIS; METABOLIC DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL DISABILITY; STROKE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 0037038169     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2002.tb04868.x     Document Type: Review

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