Socio-economic status, standard of living, and neurotic disorder

International Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 91-96

  Lewis, Glyn ^a   Bebbington, P ^b   Brugha, T ^c   Farrell, M ^d   Gill, B ^e   Jenkins, R ^d   Meltzer, H ^e  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e OFFICE FOR NATIONAL STATISTICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGISTRIES; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0037299461     PISSN: 09540261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0954026021000045994     Document Type: Review

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