Single mothers, poverty and depression

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 21-33

  Brown, George W ^a   Moran, Patricia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFE EVENT; MARRIAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; POVERTY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF ESTEEM; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WIDOW;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LONDON; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MOTHERS; POVERTY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SAMPLING STUDIES; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031035509     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291796004060     Document Type: Article

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