Socioeconomic status, depression disparities, and financial strain: What lies behind the income-depression relationship?

Health Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1197-1215

  Zimmerman, Frederick J ^a   Katon, Wayne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Mental health; NLSY

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; COST OF ILLNESS; DATA COLLECTION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 29544451786     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1011     Document Type: Article

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