Commentary: Area social cohesion, deprivation and mental health - Does misery love company?

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 345-347

  Zubrick, Stephen R ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; INTERVIEW; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WELLBEING;

DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; POVERTY; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 34447335333     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dym040     Document Type: Note

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