Age at menarche and depression at the age of 31 years: Findings from the Northern Finland 1966 Birth Cohort Study

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 359-362

  Herva, Anne ^a   Jokelainen, Jari ^a,b   Pouta, Anneli ^a,b   Veijola, Juha ^b   Timonen, Markku ^c   Karvonen, Juha T ^a   Joukamaa, Matti ^d,e  

^a OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c Oulu Health Centre   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^e TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Depression; HSCL; Menarche

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ESTROGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MENARCHE; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENARCHE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; STATISTICS;

EID: 7044253111     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2004.01.008     Document Type: Article

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