Income inequality and the prevalence of common mental disorders in Britain

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 178, Issue MARCH., 2001, Pages 222-227

  Weich, S ^a   Lewis, G ^a   Jenkins, S P ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; HUMANS; INCOME; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WALES;

EID: 0035118183     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.178.3.222     Document Type: Article

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