Depression and disability: Comparisons with common physical conditions in the Ibadan Study of Aging

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2033-2038

  Gureje, Oye ^a   Ademola, Adedotun ^a   Olley, Benjamin O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Depression; Disability; Elderly; Nigerians; Physical disorders

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC PAIN; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISABILITY SEVERITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; SPINAL PAIN;

AGED; ARTHRITIS; ASTHMA; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NIGERIA; PAIN; PREVALENCE;

EID: 55349133809     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.01956.x     Document Type: Article

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