Lifetime risk factors for women's psychological distress in midlife

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1957-1973

  Kuh, Diana ^a   Hardy, Rebecca ^a   Rodgers, Bryan ^b   Wadsworth, Michael E J ^a  

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

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Birth cohort; Life course epidemiology; Midlife; Psychological symptoms; UK; Women

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISK; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MENTAL HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; WOMENS HEALTH;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0036978131     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(01)00324-0     Document Type: Article

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