The natural history of late-life depression: Results from the Amsterdam Study of the Elderly (AMSTEL)

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 76, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 5-14

  Schoevers, R A ^a   Beekman, A T F ^a   Deeg, D J H ^b   Hooijer, C ^c   Jonker, C ^a   Van Tilburg, W ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Van Foreest Centrum   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Community; Depression; Elderly; Prognosis; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHRONICITY; COGNITION; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENDER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT INFORMATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS;

EID: 0042967508     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0327(02)00060-5     Document Type: Article

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