Association of hypertension with depression in community-dwelling elderly persons: Results from the ZARADEMP project

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 323-325

  Lobo Escolar, Antonio ^a,b   Roy, Juan F ^a   Saz, Pedro ^a   De La Cámara, Concepción ^a   Marcos, Guillermo ^a   Lobo, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO LOZANO BLESA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMMUNITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SPAIN;

EID: 49149120839     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000147947     Document Type: Letter

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