Exploring the relationship between absolute and relative position and late-life depression: Evidence from 10 European countries

Gerontologist

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 48-59

  Ladin, Keren ^a,b   Daniels, Norman ^c   Kawachi, Ichiro ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cross national; Depression; Health disparities; Inequalities

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 75449118479     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnp065     Document Type: Article

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