Social inequality and depressive disorders in Bahia, Brazil: Interactions of gender, ethnicity, and social class

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1339-1353

  Almeida Filho, Naomar ^a,b   Lessa, Ines ^a   Magalhães, Lucélia ^a   Araújo, Maria Jenny ^a   Aquino, Estela ^a   James, Sherman A ^c   Kawachi, Ichiro ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Brazil; Depression; Ethnicity; Gender; Inequity; Social class

Indexed keywords

ETHNICITY; GENDER DISPARITY; MENTAL HEALTH; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CAUCASIAN; COLLEGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DIVORCE; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIGRANT WORKER; NEGRO; OCCUPATION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RACE; RURAL AREA; SAMPLE; SCHOOL; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; UNEMPLOYMENT; URBAN AREA; WIDOW;

ADULT; BRAZIL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

BAHIA; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 3042718527     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2003.11.037     Document Type: Article

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