Incidence of major depressive episode correlates with elevation of substate region of residence

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 129, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 376-379

  Delmastro, Kristen ^a   Hellem, Tracy ^a   Kim, Namkug ^a   Kondo, Douglas ^a,b,c   Sung, Young Hoon ^a,b   Renshaw, Perry F ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

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

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Altitude; Depression; Elevation; Hypoxia; Major depressive disorder; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; MAJOR DEPRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOPOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

ALTITUDE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79851507642     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2010.10.001     Document Type: Article

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