Pathways to Depressed Mood for Midlife Women: Observations from the Seattle Midlife Women's Health Study

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 119-129

  Woods, Nancy Fugate ^a   Mitchell, Ellen Sullivan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Health status; Menopause; Midlife women; Socialization; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; AFFECT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AFFECT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; DEPRESSION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; URBAN POPULATION; VASOMOTOR SYSTEM; WASHINGTON; WOMEN;

EID: 0031116331     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-240X(199704)20:2<119::AID-NUR4>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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