A prospective study of cultural consonance and depressive symptoms in urban Brazil

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2058-2069

  Dressler, William W ^a   Balieiro, Mauro C ^b   Ribeiro, Rosane P ^c   dos Santos, Jose E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b PAULISTA UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Cultural consonance; Depressive symptoms

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISK; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; BRAZIL; CULTURE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URBAN POPULATION;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 35348879071     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.06.020     Document Type: Article

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