Depression and generalised anxiety in the general population in Belgium: A comparison between native and immigrant groups

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 97, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 229-239

  Levecque, Katia ^a   Lodewyckx, Ina ^a   Vranken, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Community sample; Depression; Migrants; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INCOME; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOROCCO; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYMPTOM CHECKLIST 90; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BELGIUM; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOROCCO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TURKEY;

EID: 33845667556     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2006.06.022     Document Type: Article

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