Gender and Depression in Anglo-Jewry

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 1051-1063

  Goldblatt, V ^a   Gorton, T ^a   Lubitsch, G ^a   Bicknell, H ^a   Fellowes, D ^a   Sowden, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; JEW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUICIDE;

DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JEWS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGE; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0029085034     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291700037545     Document Type: Article

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