Socioeconomic status, standard of living, and neurotic disorder

Lancet

Volumn 352, Issue 9128, 1998, Pages 605-609

  Lewis, Glyn ^a   Bebbington, Paul ^b   Brugha, Traolach ^e   Farrell, Michael ^c   Gill, Baljit ^d   Jenkins, Rachel ^c   Meltzer, Howard ^d  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d OFFICE FOR NATIONAL STATISTICS   (United Kingdom)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032558321     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(98)04494-8     Document Type: Article

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