Are depression and poor sexual health neglected comorbidities? Evidence from a population sample.

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Published in BMJ Open on March 23, 2016

Authors

Nigel Field1, Philip Prah1, Catherine H Mercer1, Greta Rait2, Michael King3, Jackie A Cassell4, Clare Tanton1, Laura Heath5, Kirstin R Mitchell5, Soazig Clifton1, Jessica Datta5, Kaye Wellings5, Anne M Johnson1, Pam Sonnenberg1

Author Affiliations

1: Research Department of Infection and Population Health, UCL, London, UK.
2: Research Department of Primary Care and Population Health, UCL, London, UK.
3: Division of Psychiatry (Faculty of Brain Sciences), UCL, London, UK.
4: Division of Primary Care and Public Health, University of Brighton, Brighton, UK.
5: Department of Social and Environmental Health Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.

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