Depression: Clinical features and consequences among the elderly;La depresión: Particularidades clínicas y consecuencias en el adulto mayor

Gaceta Medica de Mexico

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 141-148

  Aguilar Navarro, Sara ^a   Ávila Funes, José Alberto ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF GERIATRICS OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Depression; Disability; Elderly; GDS; Geriatric depression scale

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISABILITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FATIGUE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; INSOMNIA; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; UNITED STATES; AGED; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 34447322292     PISSN: 00163813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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