Increasing prevalence of depression from 2000 to 2006

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 857-863

  Andersen, Ingelise ^a   Thielen, Karsten ^a   Nygaard, Else ^a   Diderichsen, Finn ^a   Bech, Per ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b FREDERIKSBORG GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Depression; longitudinal study; prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DENMARK; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; DENMARK; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 82355164758     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: 16511905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494811424611     Document Type: Article

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