The epidemiology of depression among women

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

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 22-38

  Kessler, Ronald C ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511841262.004     Document Type: Chapter

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