Social class, assets, organizational control and the prevalence of common groups of psychiatric disorders

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2043-2053

  Muntaner, C ^a   Eaton, W W ^b   Diala, C ^b   Kessler, R C ^b   Sorlie, P D ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Psychiatric disorders; Social Class; Substance misuse

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH STATUS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; FINANCE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; OCCUPATION; ORGANIZATION; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032441681     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(98)00309-8     Document Type: Article

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