Birth dimensions and risk of depression in adulthood: Cohort study of Danish men born in 1953

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 186, Issue MAY, 2005, Pages 400-403

  Osler, Merete ^a,c   Nordentoft, Merete ^b   Andersen, Anne Marie Nybo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENMARK; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 18644377265     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.186.5.400     Document Type: Article

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