Reconsidering the role of social disadvantage in physical and mental health: Stressful life events, health behaviors, race, and depression

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 172, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1238-1249

  Mezuk, Briana ^a   Rafferty, Jane A ^b   Kershaw, Kiarri N ^b   Hudson, Darrell ^c   Abdou, Cleopatra M ^b   Lee, Hedwig ^b   Eaton, William W ^d   Jackson, James S ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

adaptation, psychological; depression; health behavior; health status disparities; minority health; stress, psychological

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BODY CONDITION; ETIOLOGY; MENTAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGY; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEPRESSION; DIET; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LIFE STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RACE; SMOKING;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BALTIMORE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

BALTIMORE; MARYLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78649678986     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwq283     Document Type: Article

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