Is there a gender difference on the association between informal work and common mental disorders?

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 622-627

  Ludermir, Ana Bernarda ^a   Lewis, Glyn ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Common mental disorders; Gender; Informal work; Mental health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LAW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHIFT WORKER; SKILL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNEMPLOYMENT; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 24944489690     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-005-0938-6     Document Type: Article

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