The association of major depressive episodes with income inequality and the human development index

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 529-539

  Cifuentes, Manuel ^a   Sembajwe, Grace ^a   Tak, SangWoo ^a   Gore, Rebecca ^a   Kriebel, David ^a   Punnett, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Human development index; Income inequality; Major depressive episode; Mental health; Multilevel modeling; World Health Organization (WHO)

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; EDUCATION; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MENTAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 47049114183     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.04.003     Document Type: Article

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