Prevalence and associated factors of depressive simptomatology in elderly residents in the Northeast of Brazil;Prevalência e fatores associados à sintomatologia depressiva em idosos residentes no Nordeste do Brasil

Jornal Brasileiro de Psiquiatria

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 26-33

  Cavalcanti Maciel, Álvaro Campos ^a,b   Oliveira Guerra, Ricardo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^b Rua Moises Gosson   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aging; Depression; Elderly

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; ELDERLY CARE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERCEPTION; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33744920801     PISSN: 00472085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0047-20852006000100004     Document Type: Article

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