Negative Affect and Mortality in Older Persons

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 158, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 827-835

  Wilson, Robert S ^a,b   Bienias, Julia L ^a,b   Mendes de Leon, Carlos F ^a,b   Evans, Denis A ^a,b   Bennett, David A ^a,b  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Anger; Anxiety; Depression; Mortality; Prospective studies; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY POPULATION; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MORTALITY; OCCUPATION;

AFFECT; AGED; AGING; ANGER; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLERGY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; RELIGIOUS GROUP;

AFFECT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGER; ANXIETY; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 0142250431     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwg224     Document Type: Article

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