Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 19, Issue 11 , Pages 761-770 , November 2009

Patterns and Predictors of Trajectories of Depression after an Urban Disaster

  • Arijit Nandi, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Population and Development Studies; Harvard School of Public Health; Boston, MA
    • ,
  • Melissa Tracy, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI
    • ,
  • John R. Beard, MBBS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies, New York Academy of Medicine, New York, NY
    • School of Public Health, University of Sydney; Sydney, Australia
    • Faculty of Health and Applied Science, Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW, Australia
    • ,
  • David Vlahov, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies, New York Academy of Medicine, New York, NY
    • Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY
    • ,
  • Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI
    • Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, Ann Arbor, MI
    • Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies, New York Academy of Medicine, New York, NY
    • Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH, Professor, Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan, School of Public Health, 109 Observatory St, Room 3663, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029. Tel: (734) 647-9741. fax: (734) 763-5706.

Received 2 June 2009 ,Accepted 25 June 2009.

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PII: S1047-2797(09)00178-1

doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2009.06.005

Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 19, Issue 11 , Pages 761-770 , November 2009

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