Does a higher educational level protect against anxiety and depression? The HUNT study

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1334-1345

  Bjelland, Ingvar ^a   Krokstad, Steinar ^b   Mykletun, Arnstein ^c   Dahl, Alv A ^d   Tell, Grethe S ^c   Tambs, K ^e  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adult; Anxiety; Cohort study; Depression; Educational level; Mediators; Mental health; Norway

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MENTAL HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOMATIZATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORD TRONDELAG; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 38949132127     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.12.019     Document Type: Article

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