Prevalence and correlates of depressive symptoms in Korean adults: Results of a 2009 Korean Community Health Survey

Journal of Korean Medical Science

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 128-135

  Oh, Dong Hoon ^a   Kim, Shin Ah ^a   Lee, Hye Young ^a   Seo, Joo Youn ^a   Choi, Bo Youl ^a   Nam, Jung Hyun ^a  

^a Hanyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Depression; Epidemiology; Prevalence; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH KOREA; STATISTICAL MODEL;

DEPRESSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874781211     PISSN: 10118934     EISSN: 15986357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2013.28.1.128     Document Type: Article

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