The epidemiology of nonspecific psychological distress in New York City, 2002 and 2003

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 394-405

  McVeigh, Katharine H ^a   Galea, Sandro ^b   Thorpe, Lorna E ^a   Maulsby, Catherine ^a   Henning, Kelly ^a   Sederer, Lloyd I ^a  

^a NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Mental health; Surveys

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACE; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; ADOLESCENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW YORK CITY; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33748202980     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-006-9049-2     Document Type: Article

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