Depressive symptomatology and the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors among older men and women from Cyprus; The MEDIS (Mediterranean Islands Elderly) epidemiological study

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 688-695

  Panagiotakos, Demosthenes B ^a   Kinlaw, Mallory ^a   Papaerakleous, Natasa ^a   Papoutsou, Stalo ^a   Toutouzas, Pavlos ^b   Polychronopoulos, Evangelos ^a  

^a HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b Hellenic Heart Foundation   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular; Depression; Greece; Nurses; Nursing; Older people; Risk

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN ISLANDS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 39049146186     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2007.02056.x     Document Type: Article

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