Socioeconomic Inequalities in Adolescent Depression in South Korea: A Multilevel Analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Park, Hye Yin ^a   Heo, Jongho ^b   Subramanian, S V ^c   Kawachi, Ichiro ^c   Oh, Juhwan ^d  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; INTERNET; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL STRESS; SELF EVALUATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP QUALITY; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH KOREA;

ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PEER GROUP; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84867559344     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047025     Document Type: Article

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