Social mobility over the lifecourse and self reported mental health at age 50: Prospective cohort study

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 870-872

  Tiffin, Paul A ^a   Pearce, Mark S ^a,b   Parker, Louise ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MENTAL HEALTH; MOBILITY; SELF ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFE CYCLE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POVERTY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL MOBILITY;

EID: 25444510075     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2005.035246     Document Type: Article

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