Validation of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) in a sample of mothers from the 2004 Pelotas Birth Cohort Study

Cadernos de Saude Publica

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2577-2588

  Santos, Iná S ^a   Matijasevich, Alicia ^a   Tavares, Beatriz Franck ^a   Barros, Aluísio J D ^a   Botelho, Iara Picinini ^a   Lapolli, Catherine ^a   Magalhães, Pedro Vieira Da Silva ^b   Barbosa, Ana Paula Pereira Neto ^a   Barros, Fernando C ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^c Centro Latinoamericano de Perinatologia y Desarrollo Humano   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Postpartum depression; Questionnaires; Validation studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 36148998054     PISSN: 0102311X     EISSN: 16784464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0102-311x2007001100005     Document Type: Article

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