Does social cohesion modify the association between area income deprivation and mental health? A multilevel analysis

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 338-345

  Fone, David ^a,b   Dunstan, Frank ^a   Lloyd, Keith ^c   Williams, Gareth ^a   Watkins, John ^a,b   Palmer, Stephen ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH WALES   (United Kingdom)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Mental health; Models; Social environmen; Social medicine; Statistical

Indexed keywords

FACTOR ANALYSIS; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MENTAL HEALTH; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL MEDICINE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY AREAS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WALES;

CAERPHILLY; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34249726123     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dym004     Document Type: Article

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