Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
Volume 70, Issue 2 , Pages 166-173 , November 2005

Serious diabetes-specific emotional problems and depression in a Croatian–Dutch–English Survey from the European Depression in Diabetes [EDID] Research Consortium

  • François Pouwer

      Affiliations

    • Vrije Universiteit Medical Center, Diabetes Research Group, EMGO, Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +31 20 4449679; fax: +31 20 4448181.
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  • T. Chas Skinner

      Affiliations

    • Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, UK
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  • Mirjana Pibernik-Okanovic

      Affiliations

    • Vuk Vrhovac University Clinic, Zagreb, Croatia
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  • Aartjan T.F. Beekman

      Affiliations

    • Vrije Universiteit Medical Center, Diabetes Research Group, EMGO, Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Sue Cradock

      Affiliations

    • Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth, UK
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  • Silvija Szabo

      Affiliations

    • Vuk Vrhovac University Clinic, Zagreb, Croatia
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  • Zeljko Metelko

      Affiliations

    • Vuk Vrhovac University Clinic, Zagreb, Croatia
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  • Frank J. Snoek

      Affiliations

    • Vrije Universiteit Medical Center, Diabetes Research Group, EMGO, Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Received 3 August 2004 ,Revised 20 January 2005 ,Accepted 14 March 2005.

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☆ Website of the EDID Research Consortium: http://www.edid.bham.ac.uk.

PII: S0168-8227(05)00119-1

doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2005.03.031

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
Volume 70, Issue 2 , Pages 166-173 , November 2005

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