Rates and risk of postpartum depression - A meta-analysis

International Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 37-54

  O'Hara, Michael W ^a   Swain, Annette M ^a  

^a University of Iowa   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; META ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; PUERPERIUM; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0029992698     PISSN: 09540261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09540269609037816     Document Type: Article

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