Invited commentary: The life course epidemiology of depression

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 166, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1134-1137

  Gilman, Stephen E ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Causal inference; Depression; Psychopathology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISK; MENTAL HEALTH; PATHOLOGY; SYMPTOM;

COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM; WAR;

AGE FACTORS; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DEPRESSION; FINLAND; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; PATERNAL DEPRIVATION; SELECTION BIAS; TIME FACTORS; WORLD WAR II;

ETELA-SUOMEN; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; HELSINKI; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 35648970145     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwm251     Document Type: Review

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