Puberty and depression: The roles of age, pubertal status and pubertal timing

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 51-61

  Angold, A ^a   Costello, E J ^b   Worthman, C M ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PUBERTY; RISK; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; PUBERTY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0031973611     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003329179700593X     Document Type: Article

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