Absence of spatial variation in rates of the common mental disorders

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 254-257

  Weich, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MENTAL HEALTH; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; DEPRESSION; EDITORIAL; HOUSING; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUICIDE; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; ENVIRONMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 15544390356     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2004.027797     Document Type: Editorial

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