A cross-sectional study of somatic symptoms and the identification of depression among elderly primary care patients

Primary Care Companion to the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 285-291

  Bogner, Hillary R ^a   Shah, Puja ^b   de Vries, Heather F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ELDERLY CARE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CODING; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOMATIZATION;

EID: 77957670291     PISSN: 15235998     EISSN: 1555211X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/PCC.08m00727     Document Type: Article

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