Somatic and non-affective symptoms of old age depression: Ethnic differences among Chinese, Indians and Malays

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 723-730

  Soh, Keng Chuan ^a   Kua, Ee Heok ^b   Ng, Tza Pin ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Chinese; Depression; Elderly; Ethnicity; Indian; Malary; Somatization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHINESE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECREASED APPETITE; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; SLEEP DISORDER;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; INDIA; MALAYSIA; MALE;

EID: 67649322026     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.2188     Document Type: Article

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