Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 56, Issue 11 , Pages 1111-1117 , November 2003

Depression decreases cardiorespiratory fitness in older women

  • Milton Hollenberg

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of California–San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
    • Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 111C3, 4150 Clement Street, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 111C3, 4150 Clement Street, San Francisco, CA 94121. Tel./fax: 415-752-6303.
    • ,
  • Tad Haight

      Affiliations

    • Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California–Berkeley, 140 Warren Hall #7360, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
    • ,
  • Ira B. Tager

      Affiliations

    • Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California–Berkeley, 140 Warren Hall #7360, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA

,Accepted 15 May 2003.

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PII: S0895-4356(03)00167-7

doi: 10.1016/S0895-4356(03)00167-7

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 56, Issue 11 , Pages 1111-1117 , November 2003

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