Commentary: Socioeconomic position and common mental disorders: What do we need to know?

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 786-788

  Skapinakis, Petros ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ANXIETY; CULTURAL DEPRIVATION; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FINLAND; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANXIETY; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL MOBILITY;

EID: 34548596841     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dym141     Document Type: Note

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