Depressive symptomatology and its associated factors in an urban cohort of elderly;Fatores associados à sintomatologia depressiva numa coorte urbana de idosos

Jornal Brasileiro de Psiquiatria

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-7

  Lima, Márcio Tomita Da Rocha ^a,b   Silva, Rebeca De Souza ^a   Ramos, Luiz Roberto ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Rua Teixeira da Silva   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Depression; Elderly; Functional capacity; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CITY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DEPRESSION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE MAN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URBAN AREA; WIDOWER;

EID: 67650149712     PISSN: 00472085     EISSN: 19820208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0047-20852009000100001     Document Type: Article

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