Women's Health Issues
Volume 16, Issue 6 , Pages 380-388 , November 2006

An examination of depression through the lens of spinal cord injury: Comparative prevalence rates and severity in women and men

  • Claire Z. Kalpakjian, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University of Michigan Model Spinal Cord Injury Care System, Ann Arbor, Michigan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Claire Z. Kalpakjian, PhD, University of Michigan Model Spinal Cord Injury Care System, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 300 N. Ingalls, NI 2A09, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0491; Fax: 734-936-5492.
    • ,
  • Kathie J. Albright, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Received 14 October 2005 ,Revised 26 June 2006 ,Accepted 31 August 2006.

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 The University of Michigan Model Spinal Cord Injury Care System is funded by the National Institute of Disability and Rehabilitation Research, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, U.S. Department of Education (grant H133N000009).

PII: S1049-3867(06)00093-4

doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2006.08.005

Women's Health Issues
Volume 16, Issue 6 , Pages 380-388 , November 2006

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