Sociodemographic pattern of depression in urban settlement of Karachi, Pakistan

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2015, Pages VC09-VC13

  Altaf, Areeba ^a   Khan, Maham ^a   Shah, Syed Raza ^a   Fatima, Kaneez ^a   Tunio, Sameer Altaf ^b   Hussain, Mehwish ^a   Khan, Muhammad Asim ^b   Shaikh, Moazzam Ali ^c   Arshad, Mohammad Hussham ^c  

^a DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^c AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Developing country; Elite Settlement; Females; Significant predictors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; APPETITE DISORDER; ARTICLE; BOREDOM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE 9; PERSONALITY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 84930637639     PISSN: 2249782X     EISSN: 0973709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2015/12611.6093     Document Type: Article

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