General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 30, Issue 5 , Pages 458-466 , September 2008

Measurement matters in the association between early adolescent depressive symptoms and body mass index

  • Isaac C. Rhew, M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Box 357236, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
    • ,
  • Laura P. Richardson, M.D., M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
    • ,
  • Jim Lymp, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Seattle, WA 98105, USA
    • ,
  • Anne McTiernan, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Box 357236, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
    • Cancer Prevention Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
    • ,
  • Elizabeth McCauley, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Seattle, WA 98105, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
    • ,
  • Ann Vander Stoep, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Box 357236, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA

Received 18 March 2008 ,Accepted 16 June 2008.

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PII: S0163-8343(08)00113-8

doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2008.06.008

General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 30, Issue 5 , Pages 458-466 , September 2008

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