False Positives, False Negatives, and the Validity of the Diagnosis of Major Depression in Primary Care

Archives of Family Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 451-461

  Klinkman, Michael S ^a   Coyne, James C ^a   Gallo, Susan ^a   Schwenk, Thomas L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0032159050     PISSN: 10633987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archfami.7.5.451     Document Type: Article

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