Diagnosis of male depression: Does general practitioner gender play a part?

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 743-746

  Lyons, Zaza ^a   Janca, Aleksandar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 74049086688     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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