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Correlates of depressive symptoms in a representative sample of young Australian women

Cate France Research Centre for Gender and Health, University of Newcastle , Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia
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Christina Lee School of Psychology and School of Population Health, University of Queensland , Australia
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Jennifer Powers Research Centre for Gender and Health, University of Newcastle , Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia
Pages 228-237 | Published online: 02 Feb 2007

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