The Public Health Impact of Socioeconomic Status on Adolescent Depression and Obesity

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 93, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1844-1850

  Goodman, Elizabeth ^a,b   Slap, Gail B ^b   Huang, Bin ^c  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MENTAL HEALTH; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIOECONOMICS; BODY MASS; CLASSIFICATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOLOGY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; OBESITY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0642306182     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.93.11.1844     Document Type: Article

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