Is neighborhood racial/ethnic composition associated with depressive symptoms? The multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 541-550

  Mair, Christina ^a,e   Diez Roux, Ana V ^a   Osypuk, Theresa L ^b   Rapp, Stephen R ^c   Seeman, Teresa ^d   Watson, Karol E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Depressive symptoms; Ethnic density effect; Mental health; Neighborhoods; Race ethnicity; USA

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNICITY; HETEROGENEITY; INCOME; MENTAL HEALTH; NEIGHBORHOOD; RACE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN AMERICANS; CENSUSES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954034606     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.04.014     Document Type: Article

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