Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 78, Issue 3 , Pages 279-284 , March 2004

Associations of the severity of depressive disorders in women with psychogenic low weight

  • Jonathan Dowson

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    • Corresponding Author InformationDepartment of Psychiatry, Box 189, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, UK. Tel.: +44-1223-336-965; fax: +44-1223-336-968.

Received 10 April 2001 ,Revised 15 August 2002 ,Accepted 16 August 2002.

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Journal of Affective Disorders
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