## Abstract ## Background Most cohort studies have found depressive symptoms to be associated with increased cardiovascular mortality in the elderly, but follow‐up times have often been short and study populations small. ## Objectives To describe associations between stronger symptoms of depress
Depression and coronary heart mortality in older coronary heart disease patients
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- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 38 KB
- Volume
- 19
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0885-6230
- DOI
- 10.1002/gps.1151
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