Moving to Oppurtunity: An Experimental Study of Neighborhood Effects on Mental Health

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 93, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1576-1582

  Leventhal, Tama ^a   Brooks Gunn, Jeanne ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOUSING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PARENT; POVERTY; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL CARE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOUSING; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; POVERTY; POVERTY AREAS; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; URBAN HEALTH; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 0141832773     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.93.9.1576     Document Type: Article

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