Relationship of age and gender to the prevalence and correlates of psychological distress in later life

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1009-1018

  Byles, Julie E ^a   Gallienne, Lucy ^a   Blyth, Fiona M ^b   Banks, Emily ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

aging; depression; gender; older populations; psychological distress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD CLOT; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; OSTEOPOROSIS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREVALENCE; RISK; SELF REPORT; STROKE; THYROID DISEASE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84860141381     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610211002602     Document Type: Article

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