Gender, depression and physical impairment: An epidemiologic perspective from Aleppo, Syria

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 595-602

  Kilzieh, Nael ^a,b   Rastam, Samer ^c   Ward, Kenneth D ^a,d   Maziak, Wasim ^c,d  

^a VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SYRIAN CENTER FOR TOBACCO STUDIES   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Epidemiologic studies; Gender; Physical impairment; Syria

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SYRIA;

EID: 77954564220     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-009-0076-7     Document Type: Article

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