Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 70, Issue 2 , Pages 205-209 , July 2002

Depression among hospitalised medically ill patients: a two-stage screening study

  • Parveen Sharma

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh-160012, India
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  • Ajit Avasthi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh-160012, India
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +91-172-747-585, ext: 247, 319; fax: +91-172-744-401
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  • Subho Chakrabarti

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh-160012, India
    • ,
  • Subhash Varma

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh-160012, India

Received 13 June 2000 ,Revised 15 November 2000 ,Accepted 17 November 2000.

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Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 70, Issue 2 , Pages 205-209 , July 2002

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