Risk factors for major antenatal depression among low-income African American women

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1841-1846

  Luke, Sabrina ^a   Salihu, Hamisu M ^a,b   Alio, Amina P ^a   Mbah, Alfred K ^a   Jeffers, Dee ^a   Berry, Estrellita Lo ^a   Mishkit, Vanessa R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; POSTNATAL CARE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71449098874     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2008.1261     Document Type: Article

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