Sex differences in the association between childhood experiences and adult depression

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-27

  Veijola, J ^a   Puukka, P ^b   Lehtinen, V ^b   Moring, J ^b   Lindholm, T ^b   Vaisanen E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD; DEPRESSION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BIRTH ORDER; CAUSALITY; CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0031982899     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291797006089     Document Type: Article

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