Longitudinal trends in mental health among ethnic groups in Canada

Chronic Diseases and Injuries in Canada

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 164-176

  Pahwa, P ^a   Karunanayake, C P ^a   McCrosky, J ^a   Thorpe, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Balanced repeated replication; Ethnicity; Generalized estimating equations; Mental distress; Missing data; National Population Health Survey; Pattern mixture models

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIA; CANADA; CHINA; EASTERN EUROPE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEGRO; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ASIA; CANADA; CHINA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ENGLAND; EUROPE, EASTERN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863428000     PISSN: 02288699     EISSN: 14818523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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