Smoking and depression: A community survey

R.R. Frerichs, C.S. Aneshensel, V.A. Clark and P. Yokopenic

American Journal of Public Health, 1981, vol. 71, issue 6, 637-640

Abstract: Smoking status and symptoms of mental depression were determined as part of a community survey of adults in Los Angeles County. Nearly 42 per cent of the males and 31 per cent of the females were current smokers. Smokers compared to nonsmokers reported significantly higher levels of depression as measured by the Center for Epidemiologic Studies - Depression (CES-D) index (10.02 vs 78.76, p

Date: 1981
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