Education and depressive symptoms in 22 European countries

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 107-110

  Von Dem Knesebeck, Olaf ^b   Pattyn, Elise ^a   Bracke, Piet ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Depressive symptoms; Educational inequalities; Europe; International differences

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; EASTERN EUROPE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; EUROPE, EASTERN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 79952196355     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-010-0202-z     Document Type: Article

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