The relationship between religiosity and tobacco, alcohol use, and depression in an elderly community population

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 934-943

  Blay, Sergio Luís ^a   Batista, Adriana Daher ^b   Andreoli, Sergio Baxter ^a   Gastal, Fábio Leite ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Hermnio Ometto University Center   (Brazil)

^c Brazilian National Accreditation Organization   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alcohol use disorder; Depression; Religion; Substance abuse; Tobacco use

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RELIGION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; ADDICTION; AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 58149382096     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JGP.0b013e3181871392     Document Type: Article

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