Anxiety and mortality risk in community-dwelling elderly people

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 203, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 303-309

  Carrière, Isabelle ^a   Ryan, Joanne ^b   Norton, Joanna ^c   Scali, Jacqueline ^d   Stewart, Robert ^b   Ritchie, Karen ^e   Laure Ancelin, Marie ^b  

^a INSERM U1061   (France)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALL CAUSE MORTALITY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; DSM-IV; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PHOBIA; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY;

AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84885411194     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.112.124685     Document Type: Article

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