Tinker, tailor, soldier, patient: Work attributes and depression disparities among young adults

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1889-1901

  Zimmerman, Frederick J ^a,b   Christakis, Dimitri A ^b   Vander Stoep, Ann ^b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Job attributes; Net; NLSY; O; Social epidemiology

Indexed keywords

HEALTH STATUS; OCCUPATION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; YOUNG POPULATION;

ARTICLE; ATYPICAL DEPRESSION; DATA ANALYSIS; EMPLOYEE; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; JOB SATISFACTION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; WORK CAPACITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1542268905     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(03)00410-6     Document Type: Article

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