Is lower cognitive function in one spouse associated with depressive symptoms in the other spouse?

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 621-630

  Skarupski, Kimberly A ^a,b   De Leon, Carlos F Mendes ^a,b   McCann, Judith J ^a,c   Bienias, Julia L ^a,b   Wilson, Robert S ^a,b,d   Evans, Denis A ^a,b,d  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

^d RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNITY LIVING; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RISK FACTOR; SPOUSE; SYMPTOM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CHICAGO; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SPOUSES;

EID: 33750082060     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607860600844184     Document Type: Article

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