Depressive symptoms in youth heads of household in Rwanda: Correlates and implications for intervention

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 836-843

  Boris, Neil W ^a   Brown, Lisanne A ^b   Thurman, Tonya R ^b   Rice, Janet C ^b   Snider, Leslie M ^b   Ntaganira, Joseph ^c   Nyirazinyoye, Laetitia N ^c  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c School of Public Health   (Rwanda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; RWANDA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD, ORPHANED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; RWANDA;

EID: 50949090189     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.162.9.836     Document Type: Article

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