Depressive symptoms and risk of mortality in frail, community-living elderly persons

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 561-567

  Yaffe, Kristine ^a,c   Edwards, Emily R ^c   Covinsky, Kenneth E ^b,c   Lui, Li Yung ^b   Eng, Catherine ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Division of Geriatrics   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Lok Senior Health Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NURSING HOME; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0041469872     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019442-200309000-00011     Document Type: Article

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