Generating small-area prevalence of psychological distress and alcohol consumption: Validation of a spatial microsimulation method

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 745-755

  Riva, Mylène ^a   Smith, Dianna M ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; England; Mental health; Spatial microsimulation; Synthetic estimation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CENSUSES; DEMOGRAPHY; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84863726038     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-011-0376-6     Document Type: Article

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