Prevalence of depression in a large urban South Indian population--the Chennai Urban Rural Epidemiology Study (CURES-70).

BACKGROUND: In India there are very few population based data on prevalence of depression. The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of depression in an urban south Indian population. METHODS AND FINDINGS: Subjects were recruited from the Chennai Urban Rural Epidemiology Study (CURES), in...

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Main Authors: Subramani Poongothai, Rajendra Pradeepa, Anbhazhagan Ganesan, Viswanathan Mohan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2748692?pdf=render