Shortness of breath as a predictor of depressive symptoms in a community sample of older adults

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1080-1084

  Blazer, Dan G ^a   Hybels, Celia F ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

depression; epidemiology; longitudinal study; old age; shortness of breath

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GENDER; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SELF REPORT; SURVIVAL TIME; WHEEZING;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NORTH CAROLINA; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 78649412429     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.2477     Document Type: Article

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