Depression in the oldest old in urban and rural municipalities

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 570-578

  Bergdahl, E ^a   Allard, P ^b   Lundman, B ^b   Gustafson, Y ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONTGOMERY ASBERG DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SWEDEN; URBAN POPULATION;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; SWEDEN; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 34548831695     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607860601086595     Document Type: Article

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