Mood disorders in community-dwelling older adults in Asia

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 213-214

  Matsubayashi, Kozo ^a   Sakagami, Teiji ^b   Wada, Taizo ^a   Ishine, Masayuki ^c   Sakamoto, Ryota ^c   Yamanaka, Gaku ^d   Otsuka, Kuniaki ^d   Fujisawa, Michiko ^e   Okumiya, Kiyohito ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OTSU RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

^d TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER OF KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; JAPAN; LAOS; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; MYANMAR; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIST; SOUTH KOREA; THAILAND; VIET NAM;

AGED; ASIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOOD DISORDERS;

EID: 73949116345     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02665.x     Document Type: Letter

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