Urban built environment and depression: A multilevel analysis

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 822-827

  Galea, Sandra ^a,b,c,d   Ahern, Jennifer ^b,e   Rudenstine, Sasha ^b   Wallace, Zachary ^b   Vlahov, David ^b,d,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MENTAL HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; URBAN SOCIETY;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; SEX; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 25444505031     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2005.033084     Document Type: Article

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