Depression among centenarians and the oldest old: Contributions of cognition and personality

Gerontology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 93-99

  Margrett, Jennifer ^a   Martin, Peter ^a   Woodard, John L ^b   Miller, L Stephen ^c   MacDonald, Maurice ^a   Baenziger, Joan ^a   Siegler, Ilene C ^d   Davey, Adam ^e   Poon, Leonard ^c  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Centenarian; Cognition; Mental health; Octogenarian; Personality

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANXIETY; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PERSONALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 76449092787     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000272018     Document Type: Article

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