Women, poverty and common mental disorders in four restructuring societies

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1461-1471

  Patel, Vikram ^a,b   Araya, Ricardo ^c   De Lima, Mauricio ^d   Ludermir, Ana ^f   Todd, Charles ^e  

^a Sangath Centre   (India)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Brazil; Chile; Cross cultural; India; Mental health; Poverty; Women; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

MENTAL HEALTH; POVERTY; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY; WOMENS HEALTH;

ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILE; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INCOME; INDIA; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; ZIMBABWE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BRAZIL; CHILE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; POVERTY; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0032744930     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(99)00208-7     Document Type: Article

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