The trap of meaning: A public health tragedy

JAMA

Volumn 302, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 432-433

  Lyketsos, Constantine G ^a   Chisolm, Margaret S ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMPATHY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STRESS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; LIFE EVENT; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

DEPRESSION; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PUBLIC HEALTH; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 67651235536     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2009.1059     Document Type: Note

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