Living alone and antidepressant medication use: A prospective study in a working-age population

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Pulkki Råback, Laura ^a,b   Kivimäki, Mika ^a,c   Ahola, Kirsi ^a   Joutsenniemi, Kaisla ^d   Elovainio, Marko ^d   Rossi, Helena ^a   Puttonen, Sampsa ^a,b   Koskinen, Seppo ^d   Isometsä, Erkki ^d,e   Lönnqvist, Jouko ^d,e   Virtanen, Marianna ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Antidepressant medication; Living arrangement; Mental health; Psychosocial factors; Socioeconomic

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG UTILIZATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DRUG UTILIZATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84860331877     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-236     Document Type: Article

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