Women, work, and depression: Conceptual and policy issues

Women and Depression: A Handbook for the Social, Behavioral, and Biomedical Sciences

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 309-327

  Lennon, Mary Clare ^a  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511841262.015     Document Type: Chapter

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