Small individual loans and mental health: A randomized controlled trial among South African adults

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Fernald, Lia C H ^a   Hamad, Rita ^a   Karlan, Dean ^b,c,d   Ozer, Emily J ^a   Zinman, Jonathan ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INNOVATIONS FOR POVERTY ACTION   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS;

ADULT; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FINANCING, ORGANIZED; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 62149136208     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-409     Document Type: Article

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