Depression and Mortality in Elders Referred for Geriatric Psychiatry Consultation

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 318-321

  Royall, Donald R ^a,b,c   Schillerstrom, Jason E ^a   Piper, Paul K ^a   Chiodo, Laura K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^c Clinical Center (GRECC) San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; elders; longitudinal cohort; mortality

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

EID: 34249943950     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2006.12.018     Document Type: Article

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