Urban Neighborhood Poverty and the Incidence of Depression in a Population-Based Cohort Study

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 171-179

  Galea, Sandro ^a   Ahern, Jennifer ^a   Nandi, Arijit ^a   Tracy, Melissa ^a   Beard, John ^a   Vlahov, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Context; Mental Health; Neighborhood; Socioeconomic Position; Urban

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; POVERTY AREAS; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33847209643     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2006.07.008     Document Type: Article

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