## Background: The 6-year survival of depressed elderly (n = 290) finns was assessed and compared to that of a non-depressed population (n = 982), and the factors related to high mortality were analysed. ## Method: Depression was determined according to the dsm-iii criteria, and a majority of the
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Depressive symptoms predicting six-year mortality in depressed elderly Finns
✍ Scribed by Tuula Pulska; Kimmo Pahkala; Pekka Laippala; Sirkka-Liisa Kivelä
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 67 KB
- Volume
- 15
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0885-6230
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