Partnership history and mental health over time

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 53-58

  Willitts, M ^a   Benzeval, M ^a   Stansfeld, S ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH STATUS; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MENTAL HEALTH; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; CALCULATION; COITUS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SAMPLE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARDIZATION; STRATIFICATION;

ADULT; DIVORCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SINGLE PERSON; TIME FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 0346095274     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.58.1.53     Document Type: Review

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