The effect of rural-to-urban migration on social capital and common mental disorders: PERU MIGRANT study

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 967-973

  De Mola, Christian Loret ^a,b   Stanojevic, Sanja ^a   Ruiz, Paulo ^a,b   Gilman, Robert H ^a,c   Smeeth, Liam ^d   Miranda, J Jaime ^a,b,d  

^a CRONICAS CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN CHRONIC DISEASES   (Peru)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Mental health; Migration; Peru; Social capital

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PERU; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PERU; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863718849     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-011-0404-6     Document Type: Article

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