Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Associations of Neighborhood Cohesion and Stressors with Depressive Symptoms in the Multiethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 49-57

  Mair, Christina ^a   Diez Roux, Ana V ^a   Shen, Mingwu ^a   Shea, Steven ^b   Seeman, Theresa ^c   Echeverria, Sandra ^d   O'meara, Ellen S ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Epidemiology; Mental Health; Residence Characteristics; Social Environment

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEIGHBORHOOD COHESION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; STRESS; VIOLENCE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VIOLENCE;

EID: 57049124885     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2008.10.002     Document Type: Article

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