Reliability of interview information in a family study in the elderly

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 140-144

  Heun, R ^a   Muller H ^a   Freyberger, H J ^a   Maier, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NEURASTHENIA; PHOBIA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 2642705009     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001270050035     Document Type: Article

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