Depressive symptoms in older African-American and white adults with functional difficulties: The role of control strategies

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1023-1030

  Gitlin, Laura N ^a   Hauck, Walter W ^a   Dennis, Marie P ^a   Schulz, Richard ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging in place; Disability; Late life mental disorder

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; RACE; RATING SCALE; RELIGION; SCORING SYSTEM;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EMOTIONS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 34347389238     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01224.x     Document Type: Article

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