Social and economic correlates of depressive symptoms and perceived stress in South African adults

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 538-544

  Hamad, R ^a   Fernald, L C H ^a   Karlan, D S ^b   Zinman, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING WORLD; EDUCATION; LOW INCOME POPULATION; MENTAL HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOUTH AFRICA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 44349168419     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2007.066191     Document Type: Article

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