Socio-economic position and mental disorders in a working-age Finnish population: The health 2000 study

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 327-332

  Pulkki Rback, Laura ^a,b   Ahola, Kirsi ^a   Elovainio, Marko ^c   Kivimäki, Mika ^a,d   Hintsanen, Mirka ^b   Isometsä, Erkki ^b,c   Lönnqvist, Jouko ^b,c   Virtanen, Marianna ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84861597870     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckr127     Document Type: Article

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