Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 122, Issue 1 , Pages 68-75 , April 2010

Stability of maternal depressive symptoms among urban, low-income, African American adolescent mothers

  • Fatima Ramos-Marcuse

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family and Community Health, University of Maryland School of Nursing, United States
    • ,
  • Sarah E. Oberlander

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland School of Medicine, United States
    • ,
  • Mia A. Papas

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland School of Medicine, United States
    • ,
  • Scot W. McNary

      Affiliations

    • Department of Educational Technology and Literacy, Towson University, United States
    • ,
  • Kristen M. Hurley

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland School of Medicine, United States
    • ,
  • Maureen M. Black

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland School of Medicine, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 737W. Lombard Street, Room 161, Baltimore, MD 21201, United States. Tel.: + 1 410 706 2136; fax: + 1 410 706 5090.

Received 8 April 2009 ,Revised 5 June 2009 ,Accepted 15 June 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2009.06.018

Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 122, Issue 1 , Pages 68-75 , April 2010

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