A longitudinal examination of anxiety disorders and physical health conditions in a nationally representative sample of U.S. older adults

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 60, Issue , 2014, Pages 46-56

  El Gabalawy, Renée ^a   Mackenzie, Corey S ^a   Pietrzak, Robert H ^b   Sareen, Jitender ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Comorbidity; Epidemiology; Older adults; Physical health conditions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908052446     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: 18736815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2014.09.012     Document Type: Article

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