Depressive symptoms and associated factors in an elderly population in southern Brazil;Sintomas depressivos e fatores associados em população idosa no Sul do Brasil

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 365-371

  Gazalle, Fernando Kratz ^a,c   de Lima, Maurício Silva ^b   Tavares, Beatriz Frank ^b   Hallal, Pedro Curi ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aged; Aging health; Cross sectional studies; Depression, epidemiology; Mental health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; POPULATION RESEARCH; SAMPLING; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URBAN AREA;

EID: 4444243083     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0034-89102004000300005     Document Type: Article

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