Prevalence and associated characteristics of depression: A review of population-based epidemiological studies;Prevalência e características associadas à depressão: revisão de estudos epidemiológicos com base populacional

Jornal Brasileiro de Psiquiatria

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 167-182

  Resende Vorcaro, Cláudia Maria ^a,e   Uchoa, Elizabeth ^b,c   Lima Costa, Maria Fernanda F ^b,d  

^a Instituto de Previdência Dos Servidores do Estado de Minas Gerais   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^d UFMG   (Brazil)

^e NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Associated factors; Community; Depression; Epidemiology; Prevalence; Revision

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BELGIUM; BRAZIL; CANADA; CHILE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ETHNIC GROUP; FINLAND; FRANCE; GREECE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HUNGARY; INCOME; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; ISRAEL; ITALY; KOREA; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MARRIAGE; MEDLINE; MOOD DISORDER; NETHERLANDS; NEW ZEALAND; NICARAGUA; OCCUPATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PUERTO RICO; RACE; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; SPAIN; SUICIDE; SWITZERLAND; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TAIWAN; UNITED KINGDOM; URBANIZATION;

EID: 19744374858     PISSN: 00472085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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