The association between major depression prevalence and sex becomes weaker with age

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 203-210

  Patten, Scott B ^a,b,c,d   Williams, Jeanne V A ^a   Lavorato, Dina H ^a   Wang, Jian Li ^a,b,c   Bulloch, Andrew G M ^a,b,c   Sajobi, Tolulope ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d Alberta Innovates Technology Futures   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age effects; Cross sectional study; Epidemiologic study; Epidemiology; Major depressive episode; Population study; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84957968809     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-015-1166-3     Document Type: Article

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