Depression and medical illness in Chinese nonagenarians and centenarians

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2359-2361

  Chang Quan, Huang ^a   Bi Rong, Dong ^a   Hong Mei, Wu ^a   Yan Ling, Zhang ^a   Jin Hui, Wu ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTHRITIS; CHINESE; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FRACTURE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; MALE; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 57149133115     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.02019.x     Document Type: Letter

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