Global burden of disease estimates of depression - How reliable is the epidemiological evidence?

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 25-34

  Brhlikova, Petra ^a   Pollock, Allyson M ^a   Manners, Rachel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); DEPRESSION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; NETHERLANDS; NORWAY; PREVALENCE; RELIABILITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78751697197     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.2010.100080     Document Type: Article

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