The relationship between generalized anxiety disorder, depression and mortality in old age

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 241-249

  Holwerda, Tjalling J ^a,b   Schoevers, Robert A ^a,b   Dekker, Jack ^a   Deeg, Dorly J H ^b   Jonker, Cees ^b   Beekman, Aartjan T F ^b  

^a Mentrum Mental Health Care ^*  (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Depression; Generalized anxiety disorder; Mortality

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PREDICTION; REGISTER; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33947301688     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1669     Document Type: Article

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