Prevalence of depression in a large urban south Indian population - The Chennai urban rural epidemiology study (cures - 70)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Poongothai, Subramani ^a   Pradeepa, Rajendra ^a   Ganesan, Anbhazhagan ^a   Mohan, Viswanathan ^a  

^a MADRAS DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIVORCE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDIA; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE 12; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SPEECH DISORDER; SUICIDAL IDEATION; TREND STUDY; URBAN POPULATION; WIDOW; HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADULT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN HEALTH; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 70349678676     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007185     Document Type: Article

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