Is blood thicker than water? Social support, depression and the modifying role of ethnicity/nativity status

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 51-56

  Almeida, J ^a,b   Subramanian, S V ^b   Kawachi, I ^b   Molnar, B E ^b  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BLOOD; ETHNICITY; IMMIGRATION; MENTAL HEALTH; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; DEPRESSION; DYSTHYMIA; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY RELATION; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FRIEND; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RACE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHICAGO; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DEPRESSION; DYSTHYMIC DISORDER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WATER; YOUNG ADULT;

CHICAGO; ILLINOIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650890052     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2009.092213     Document Type: Article

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