Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Volume 68, Issue 2 , Pages 159-164 , February 2010

Age as a moderator of the association between depressive symptoms and morningness–eveningness

  • Seog Ju Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Gachon University of Medicine and Science, Incheon, South Korea
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  • Yu Jin Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Gachon University of Medicine and Science, Incheon, South Korea
  • ,
  • Hyunkyung Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Gachon University of Medicine and Science, Incheon, South Korea
  • ,
  • In Hee Cho

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Gachon University of Medicine and Science, Incheon, South Korea
  • ,
  • Jun-Young Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University Boramae Hospital College, Seoul, South Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University Boramae Hospital, 395 Sindaebang-2-dong, Dongjak-ku, Seoul, 156-707, South Korea. Tel.: +82 2 840 2772; fax: +82 2 831 2826.
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  • Seong-Jin Cho

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Gachon University of Medicine and Science, Incheon, South Korea

Received 23 October 2007 ,Revised 22 June 2009 ,Accepted 26 June 2009.

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PII: S0022-3999(09)00259-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2009.06.010

Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Volume 68, Issue 2 , Pages 159-164 , February 2010