Reporting of somatic symptoms as a screening marker for detecting major depression in a population of Japanese white-collar workers

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1021-1026

  Nakao, Mutsuhiro ^a   Yano, Eiji ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Major depression; Screening; Somatic symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WORKER;

EID: 0142106328     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(03)00154-9     Document Type: Article

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