Respiratory Medicine
Volume 103, Issue 6 , Pages 895-901 , June 2009

Co-morbid association of depression and COPD: A population-based study

  • Tze-Pin Ng

      Affiliations

    • Gerontological Research Programme, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NTP, MN), National University Hospital, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 119074
    • Department of Psychological Medicine, National University of Singapore (NTP, MN), Singapore
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Gerontological Research Programme, National University of Singapore, National University Hospital, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 119074. Tel.: +65 67724514; fax: +65 67772191.
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  • Mathew Niti

      Affiliations

    • Gerontological Research Programme, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NTP, MN), National University Hospital, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 119074
    • Department of Psychological Medicine, National University of Singapore (NTP, MN), Singapore
    • ,
  • Calvin Fones

      Affiliations

    • Gerontological Research Programme, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NTP, MN), National University Hospital, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 119074
    • Department of Psychological Medicine, National University of Singapore (NTP, MN), Singapore
    • ,
  • Keng Bee Yap

      Affiliations

    • Gerontological Research Programme, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NTP, MN), National University Hospital, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 119074
    • Alexandra Hospital (YKB), Singapore
    • ,
  • Wan-Cheng Tan

      Affiliations

    • University of British Columbia, Vancouver (TWC), Canada

Received 31 July 2008 ,Accepted 15 December 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2008.12.010

Respiratory Medicine
Volume 103, Issue 6 , Pages 895-901 , June 2009

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