Cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between anemia and depressive symptoms in the english longitudinal study of ageing: Letters to the editor

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 948-949

  Hamer, Mark ^a   Molloy, Gerard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

AGING; ANEMIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; FUNCTION TEST; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LETTER;

AGED; ANEMIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 65449126644     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02250.x     Document Type: Letter

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