Higher prevalence of mental disorders in socioeconomically deprived urban areas in the Netherlands : Community or personal disadvantage?

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 2-7

  Reijneveld, Sijmen A ^a,b   Schene, Aart H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MENTAL ILLNESS; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; URBAN POVERTY; URBAN SOCIETY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MENTAL DISEASE; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN AREA;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 0031962042     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.52.1.2     Document Type: Article

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