Depressive symptoms in older adults with hearing impairments: The blue mountains study: Letters to the editor

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1306-1308

  Gopinath, Bamini ^a,b   Wang, Jie Jin ^a,c   Schneider, Julie ^b   Burlutsky, George ^a   Snowdon, John ^a   McMahon, Catherine M ^d   Leeder, Stephen R ^b   Mitchell, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b University of Sydney   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 67649819489     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02317.x     Document Type: Letter

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