High anxiety is associated with an increased risk of death in an older tri-ethnic population

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 534-540

  Ostir, Glenn V ^a,b   Goodwin, James S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Anxiety; Death; Ethnic groups; Longitudinal studies

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEATH; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TEXAS;

EID: 33646031222     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2005.10.008     Document Type: Article

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