Collective efficacy and major depression in Urban neighborhoods

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 173, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1453-1462

  Ahern, Jennifer ^a   Galea, Sandro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

depression; residence characteristics; social environment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COLLECTIVE ACTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISABILITY; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ELDERLY POPULATION; MENTAL HEALTH; NEIGHBORHOOD; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MARRIAGE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EFFECT MODIFIERS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79958845216     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwr030     Document Type: Article

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