Depression and the nature of Trinidadian family practice: A cross-sectional study

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 8, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Maharaj, Rohan G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MARRIAGE; OCCUPATION; PREVALENCE; RATING SCALE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; ADOLESCENT; AGE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 34248144312     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-8-25     Document Type: Article

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