Gender, quality of life, and mental disorders in primary care: Results from the PRIME-md 1000 study

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 526-533

  Linzer, Mark ^a,g   Spitzer, Robert ^b   Kroenke, Kurt ^c   Williams, Janet B ^b   Hahn, Steven ^d   Brody, David ^e   DeGruy, Frank ^f  

^a Div of General Ineternal Medicine   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; ANXIETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK; SEX FACTORS; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030278387     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(96)00275-6     Document Type: Article

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