Gender-related explanatory models of depression: A critical evaluation of medical articles

Public Health

Volumn 123, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 689-693

  Hammarstrom A ^a   Lehti, A ^a   Danielsson, U ^a   Bengs, C ^a   Johansson, E E ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bibliometric methods; Depression; Explanatory models; Gender; Intersectionality; Multifactoriality; Public health

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

CRITICAL ANALYSIS; DATABASE; GENDER RELATIONS; METHODOLOGY; MODELING; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH WORK;

ARTICLE; BIBLIOMETRICS; CONSENSUS; DEPRESSION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MALE; MEDLINE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE;

BIBLIOMETRICS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 70449724583     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2009.09.010     Document Type: Article

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