Women's Health Issues
Volume 17, Issue 5 , Pages 316-324 , September 2007

Factors Associated with Major Depression Among Mothers in Los Angeles

  • Sandraluz Lara-Cinisomo, PhD

      Affiliations

    • RAND Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Sandraluz Lara-Cinisomo, RAND Corp., 4570 Fifth Ave., Suite 600, Pittsburgh, PA 15213; Phone 412-683-2300 ext. 4459; fax 412-683-2800.
    • ,
  • Beth Ann Griffin, PhD

      Affiliations

    • RAND Corporation, Arlington, Virginia

Received 9 January 2007 ,Accepted 3 July 2007.

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 The authors are grateful to the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R01HD41486) for its support of this research.

PII: S1049-3867(07)00110-7

doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2007.07.001

Women's Health Issues
Volume 17, Issue 5 , Pages 316-324 , September 2007

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