Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
Volume 83, Issue 2 , Pages e51-e53 , February 2009

Depression is greater in non-English speaking hospital outpatients with type 2 diabetes

  • Marnie Graco

      Affiliations

    • Northern Clinical Research Centre, Northern Health, Australia
    • Department of Medicine, The University of Melbourne (Northern Health), Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Northern Clinical Research Centre, The Northern Hospital, 185 Cooper St., Epping 3076, Australia. Tel.: +61 03 8405 2007; fax: +61 03 8405 8683.
    • ,
  • David John Berlowitz

      Affiliations

    • Northern Clinical Research Centre, Northern Health, Australia
    • Department of Medicine, The University of Melbourne (Northern Health), Australia
    • ,
  • Spiros Fourlanos

      Affiliations

    • The Northern Hospital, Northern Health, Australia
    • ,
  • Suresh Sundram

      Affiliations

    • Molecular Psychopharmacology, Mental Health Research Institute, Australia
    • Northern Psychiatry Research Centre, Australia
    • Northern Area Mental Health Service, Australia
    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Australia

Received 1 August 2008 ,Revised 12 September 2008 ,Accepted 17 November 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2008.11.022

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
Volume 83, Issue 2 , Pages e51-e53 , February 2009

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