Late-life depression among black and white elderly homecare patients

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 531-535

  Fyffe, Denise C ^a,b   Sirey, Jo Anne ^a   Heo, Moonseong ^a   Bruce, Martha L ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; RACE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 84903195519     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019442-200409000-00013     Document Type: Article

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