Do depressive symptoms predict mortality in older people?

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 674-681

  St John, Philip D ^a   Montgomery, Patrick R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

CES D; Depression; Depressive symptoms; Mortality

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; COGNITION; COMMUNITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; LOG RANK TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK;

AFFECT; AGED; AGING; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MANITOBA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 70449096278     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607860902774493     Document Type: Article

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