The association of asthma and wheezing with major depressive episodes: An analysis of 245 727 women and men from 57 countries

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1436-1444

  Loerbroks, Adrian ^a   Herr, Raphael M ^a   Subramanian, S V ^b   Bosch, Jos A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asthma; Depression; Epidemiology; WHO

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; MENS HEALTH; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PUBLIC HEALTH; WOMENS HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIA; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SOUTH AMERICA; SYMPTOM; WHEEZING;

ADULT; ASTHMA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH;

AFRICA; ASU BASIN; AUSTRALIA; EUROPE; NIGERIA; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84867615561     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dys123     Document Type: Article

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