Psychological distress as a risk factor for dementia death

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 1858-1859

  Russ, Tom C ^a,b   Hamer, Mark ^c   Stamatakis, Emmanuel ^c   Starr, John M ^a,b,d   Batty, G David ^b,c  

^a HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d NHS LOTHIAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL DISABILITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 81355164322     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.521     Document Type: Note

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