Urban-rural mental health differences in Great Britain: Findings from the National Morbidity Survey

International Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 97-107

  Paykel, E ^a   Abbott, R ^b   Jenkins, R ^b   Brugha, T ^b   Meltzer, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; STRESS; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0037301066     PISSN: 09540261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0954026021000046001     Document Type: Review

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