Sex differences in the experience of depressed mood state over fifteen years

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 16-20

  Wilhelm, K ^a   Parker, G ^b   Asghari, A ^c  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c PRINCE HENRY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPETITE; ARTICLE; CRYING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSIS; SELF ESTEEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX ROLE;

EID: 0031913315     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001270050016     Document Type: Article

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