The influence of concern about crime on levels of psychological distress in the former Soviet Union

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 433-439

  Roberts, Bayard ^a   Stickley, Andrew ^a,b,c   Petticrew, Mark ^a   McKee, Martin ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRIME; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH SURVEY; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL CHANGE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; USSR; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; AGED; CRIME VICTIMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL CLASS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; USSR; VIOLENCE;

USSR;

EID: 84861198266     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2010.118901     Document Type: Article

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