Al Ain community survey of psychiatric morbidity: II. Sex differences in the prevalence of depressive disorders

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 167-176

  Daradkeh, Tewfik K ^a   Ghubash, Rafia ^a   Abou Saleh, Mohammed T ^b  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Depression; Determinants; Prevalence; Sex difference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARAB; ARTICLE; CHRONICITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

ADULT; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 0036830678     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0327(01)00452-9     Document Type: Article

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