Failure to replicate the effects of gender and season on the length of hospitalisation in unipolar depressives

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 275-278

  Page, Andrew C ^a   Hooke, Geoffrey R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Perth Radiological Clinic   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Hospitalisation; Seasonal variation; Unipolar depression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER;

ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 4344602437     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0327(03)00171-X     Document Type: Article

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