Rural-urban differences in depression prevalence: Implications for family medicine

Family Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 653-660

  Probst, Janice C ^a   Laditka, Sarah B ^a   Moore, Charity G ^c   Harun, Nusrat ^a   Powell, M Paige ^d,e   Baxley, Elizabeth G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^e BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SCREENING; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 33749450368     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: 07423225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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