The prevalence and correlates of major and minor depression in older medical inpatients

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1344-1353

  McCusker, Jane ^a,b   Cole, Martin ^a,b   Dufouil, Carole ^b,d   Dendukuri, Nandini ^b   Latimer, Eric ^b,c   Windholz, Sylvia ^b,e   Elie, Michel ^a,b  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d INSERM   (France)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aged; Cross sectional; Depression; Risk factors; Sex

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREVALENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMOTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

AGED; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 25144438525     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53404.x     Document Type: Article

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