Depression symptoms in late life assessed during the EURO-D scale. Effect of age, gender and marital status in 14 European centres

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 174, Issue APR., 1999, Pages 339-345

  Prince, M J ^a   Beekman, A T F ⁿ   Deeg, D J H ^b   Fuhrer, R ^c   Kivela, S L ^d   Lawlor, B A ^e   Lobo, A ^f   Magnusson, H ⁿ   Meller, I ^g   Van Oyen, H ^h   Reischies, F ⁱ   Roelands, M ^j   Skoog, I ^k   Turrina, C ^l   Copeland, J R M ^m  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^f HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO LOZANO BLESA   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^h SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

ⁱ FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^j GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^k SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^l Clinica Psichiatrica   (Italy)

^m UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ NONE

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTIVATION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 20244369552     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.174.4.339     Document Type: Article

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