Contextual risk factors for the common mental disorders in Britain: A multilevel investigation of the effects of place

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 616-621

  Weich, S ^a   Twigg, L ^b   Holt, G ^b   Lewis, G ^c   Jones, K ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HEALTH RISK; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MENTAL HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; RURAL-URBAN COMPARISON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0043269921     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.57.8.616     Document Type: Article

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