Informal work and common mental disorders

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 485-489

  Ludermir, Ana Bernarda ^a   Lewis, Glyn ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Common mental disorders; Informal work; Mental health; Social psychiatry; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIGRATION; PREVALENCE; PROTECTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; SAMPLE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIETY; UNEMPLOYMENT; WORK;

ADULT; BRAZIL; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0141703220     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-003-0658-8     Document Type: Article

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