Reevaluation of secular trends in depression rates

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 135, Issue 12, 1992, Pages 1411-1422

  Simon, Gregory E ^a,b   Vonkorff, Michael ^a,b  

^a CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Affective disorders; Depression; Epidemiologic methods; Life tables

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE TABLE; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANIA; MORBIDITY; ONSET AGE; PANIC; PHOBIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMAN; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGE; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0026768356     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a116252     Document Type: Article

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