Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 74, Issue 1 , Pages 33-48 , March 2003

Developmental changes in the phenomenology of depression in girls compared to boys from childhood onward

  • Maria Kovacs

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, 3811 O’Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1-412-624-2043; fax: +1-412-624-0060.
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  • David Scott Obrosky

      Affiliations

    • University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    • ,
  • Joel Sherrill

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, 3811 O’Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA

Received 26 May 2001 ,Accepted 26 July 2001.

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Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 74, Issue 1 , Pages 33-48 , March 2003

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