Sex differences in depression after widowhood. Do men suffer more?

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 391-398

  Van Grootheest, D S ^a   Beekman, A T F ^b   Broese Van Groenou, M I ^b   Deeg, D J H ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FINANCE; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MARRIAGE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WIDOW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEREAVEMENT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; RISK FACTORS; WIDOWHOOD;

EID: 0032874673     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001270050160     Document Type: Article

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