Low cholesterol concentrations and severe depressive symptoms in elderly people.

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Published in BMJ on May 21, 1994

Authors

S L Brown1, M E Salive, T B Harris, E M Simonsick, J M Guralnik, F J Kohout

Author Affiliations

1: Epidemiology, Demography, and Biometry Program, National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, MD 20892.

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