Geographically-based discrimination is a social determinant of mental health in a deprived or stigmatized area in Japan: A cross-sectional study

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1015-1021

  Tabuchi, Takahiro ^a,b   Fukuhara, Hiroyuki ^b   Iso, Hiroyasu ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cross sectional study; Geographically based discrimination; Japan; Mental health

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL RELATIONS; LIFESTYLE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RACIAL DISPARITY; RACIAL IDENTITY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHICALLY BASED DISCRIMINATION; GEOGRAPHY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MODEL; RESIDENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL STIGMA;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POVERTY AREAS; PREJUDICE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STEREOTYPING;

HONSHU; JAPAN; KINKI; OSAKA [KINKI]; OSAKA [OSAKA (PRF)];

EID: 84863510061     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.04.030     Document Type: Article

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