Women and Birth
Volume 22, Issue 1 , Pages 17-23 , March 2009

Applying new techniques to an old ally: A qualitative validation study of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale

  • Rebecca Godderis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Sociology, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 403 978 0423; fax: +1 403 282 9298.
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  • Carol E. Adair

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    • ,
  • Nancy Brager

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Received 19 August 2008 ,Revised 17 October 2008 ,Accepted 23 October 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.wombi.2008.10.002

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