Prevalence and factors associated with depressive symptoms in malay women

Women and Health

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 573-591

  Din, Omar Meriam ^a   Noor, Noraini M ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Depressive symptoms; Malay women; Prevalence; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALAYSIA; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALAYSIA; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950353649     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03630240903495897     Document Type: Article

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