Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 41, Issue 2 , Pages 92-96 , March 2000

The specificity of epidemiological correlates of major depression

  • Scott B. Patten

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Scott B. Patten, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Community Health Sciences, 3330 Hospital Dr NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 4Nl.

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☆ Supported by the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research.

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Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 41, Issue 2 , Pages 92-96 , March 2000

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