The influence of sociodemographic variables on gender differences in depression;Relevancia de las variables sociodemográficas en las diferencias de género en depresión

International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 7-21

  Matud, María Pilar ^a   Guerrero, Kenya ^a   Matías, Roberto G ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Depression; Gender; Sociodemographic variables; Transversal descriptive research

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644501820     PISSN: 16972600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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