Prevalence of Depression in a Large Urban South Indian Population — The Chennai Urban Rural Epidemiology Study (Cures – 70)

Subramani Poongothai; Rajendra Pradeepa; Anbhazhagan Ganesan; Viswanathan Mohan

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0007185

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Prevalence of Depression in a Large Urban South Indian Population — The Chennai Urban Rural Epidemiology Study (Cures – 70)

Subramani Poongothai,

Affiliation Madras Diabetes Research Foundation & Dr. Mohan's Diabetes Specialities Centre, WHO Collaborating Centre for Non-Communicable Diseases -Prevention and Control, Gopalapuram, Chennai, India
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Rajendra Pradeepa,

Affiliation Madras Diabetes Research Foundation & Dr. Mohan's Diabetes Specialities Centre, WHO Collaborating Centre for Non-Communicable Diseases -Prevention and Control, Gopalapuram, Chennai, India
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Anbhazhagan Ganesan,

Affiliation Madras Diabetes Research Foundation & Dr. Mohan's Diabetes Specialities Centre, WHO Collaborating Centre for Non-Communicable Diseases -Prevention and Control, Gopalapuram, Chennai, India
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Viswanathan Mohan

* E-mail: drmohans@vsnl.net

Affiliation Madras Diabetes Research Foundation & Dr. Mohan's Diabetes Specialities Centre, WHO Collaborating Centre for Non-Communicable Diseases -Prevention and Control, Gopalapuram, Chennai, India
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Prevalence of Depression in a Large Urban South Indian Population — The Chennai Urban Rural Epidemiology Study (Cures – 70)

Subramani Poongothai,
Rajendra Pradeepa,
Anbhazhagan Ganesan,
Viswanathan Mohan

Published: September 28, 2009
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0007185

About the Authors

Subramani Poongothai

Affiliation Madras Diabetes Research Foundation & Dr. Mohan's Diabetes Specialities Centre, WHO Collaborating Centre for Non-Communicable Diseases -Prevention and Control, Gopalapuram, Chennai, India

Rajendra Pradeepa

Affiliation Madras Diabetes Research Foundation & Dr. Mohan's Diabetes Specialities Centre, WHO Collaborating Centre for Non-Communicable Diseases -Prevention and Control, Gopalapuram, Chennai, India

Anbhazhagan Ganesan

Affiliation Madras Diabetes Research Foundation & Dr. Mohan's Diabetes Specialities Centre, WHO Collaborating Centre for Non-Communicable Diseases -Prevention and Control, Gopalapuram, Chennai, India

Viswanathan Mohan

* E-mail: drmohans@vsnl.net

Affiliation Madras Diabetes Research Foundation & Dr. Mohan's Diabetes Specialities Centre, WHO Collaborating Centre for Non-Communicable Diseases -Prevention and Control, Gopalapuram, Chennai, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Performed the experiments: SP. Analyzed the data: SP AG. Wrote the paper: SP.

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