Race-related differences in depression onset and recovery in older persons over time: The Health, Aging, and Body Composition Study

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 682-691

  Barry, Lisa C ^a   Thorpe, Roland J ^b   Penninx, Brenda W J H ^c   Yaffe, Kristine ^d   Wakefield, Dorothy ^a   Ayonayon, Hilsa N ^e   Satterfield, Suzanne ^f   Newman, Anne B ^g   Simonsick, Eleanor M ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^h NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Depression; Depressive symptoms; Epidemiology; Prospective studies; Race differences

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONVALESCENCE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POVERTY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE DIFFERENCE; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ETHNOLOGY; MORTALITY; ONSET AGE; PSYCHOLOGY; REMISSION; SEX RATIO; TIME; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGING; BODY COMPOSITION; DEPRESSION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PENNSYLVANIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84904679413     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2013.09.001     Document Type: Article

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