Social environment and depression among pregnant women in urban areas of Pakistan: Importance of social relations

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1466-1476

  Kazi, Ambreen ^a   Fatmi, Zafar ^a   Hatcher, Juanita ^a   Kadir, Muhammad Masood ^a   Niaz, Unaiza ^a   Wasserman, Gail A ^b  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Pakistan; Pregnancy; Social conditions; Social environment; Social relations; Urban area

Indexed keywords

DISEASE; HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE; LITERATURE REVIEW; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; URBAN AREA; WOMENS STATUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAKISTAN; PREDICTION; PREGNANT WOMAN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAKISTAN; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; URBAN HEALTH; URBAN POPULATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; KARACHI; PAKISTAN; SIND; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33746297075     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.05.019     Document Type: Article

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