Psychological distress among adolescents, and its relationship to individual, family and area characteristics in East London

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 636-648

  Fagg, James ^a   Curtis, Sarah ^a   Stansfeld, Stephen ^a   Congdon, Peter ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Area deprivation; Distress; Ethnic composition; Mental health; Neighbourhood conditions; Strengths and difficulties questionnaire; UK

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; CHILD HEALTH; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH SURVEY; MENTAL HEALTH; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BAYES THEOREM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDUCATION; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH; POPULATION RESEARCH; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDIZATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; POVERTY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33744783382     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.02.012     Document Type: Article

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