The three-year persistence of depressive symptoms in men and women

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 51-64

  Bracke, Piet ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belgium (Flanders); Chronicity; Depression; Gender; Longitudinal study

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CHRONICITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BELGIUM; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034019439     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(99)00432-3     Document Type: Article

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