Gender specificity in the prediction of clinically diagnosed depression: Results of a large cohort of Belgian workers

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 592-600

  Godin, Isabelle ^a   Kornitzer, Marcel ^a   Clumeck, Nicolas ^b   Linkowski, Paul ^b   Valente, Filomena ^a   Kittel, France ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Depression; Gender; Psychosocial environment; Sick leave; Working and living conditions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JOB SATISFACTION; JOB STRESS; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; PREDICTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; BELGIUM; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX FACTORS; SICK LEAVE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 67649333422     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-008-0465-3     Document Type: Article

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