Social class, income, education, area of residence and psychological distress: Does social class have an independent effect on psychological distress in Antalya, Turkey?

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 94-101

  Belek, I ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

GHQ 12; Health inequality; Psychological distress; Socioeconomic inequality in health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; POPULATION RISK; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 0034006979     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001270050013     Document Type: Article

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