Racial/ethnic differences in the association between obesity and major depressive disorder: Findings from the comprehensive psychiatric epidemiology surveys

Public Health Reports

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 698-708

  Gavin, Amelia R ^a   Rue, Tessa ^a   Takeuchi, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY WEIGHT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENDER; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957932969     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335491012500512     Document Type: Article

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