Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 77, Issue 1 , Pages 53-64 , October 2003

Levels of disability in Major Depression: Findings from the Netherlands Mental Health Survey and Incidence Study (NEMESIS)

  • M.E. Kruijshaar

      Affiliations

    • Department for Public Health Forecasting, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
    • Department of Public Health, Erasmus University Rotterdam, PO Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +31-10-408-7732; fax: +31-10-408-9449.
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  • N. Hoeymans

      Affiliations

    • Department for Public Health Forecasting, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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  • R.V. Bijl

      Affiliations

    • Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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  • J. Spijker

      Affiliations

    • Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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  • M.L. Essink-Bot

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health, Erasmus University Rotterdam, PO Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Received 22 November 2001 ,Revised 22 March 2002 ,Accepted 26 March 2002.

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Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 77, Issue 1 , Pages 53-64 , October 2003

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