Anxiety in persons 75 and older: Findings from a tri-ethnic population

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 22-27

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

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

Author keywords

Aged; Ethnic groups; Mental health

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELDERLY CARE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745001644     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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