Rural/urban Background, Depression and Suicidal Ideation in Chinese College Students: A Cross-Sectional Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Meng, Heng ^a   Li, Jian ^b   Loerbroks, Adrian ^b,c   Wu, Jiao ^a   Chen, Hui ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c MEDICAL FACULTY MANNHEIM HEIDELBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL BACKGROUND; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SYMPTOM CHECKLIST 90; URBAN POPULATION; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; RURAL POPULATION; STUDENTS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; UNIVERSITIES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84881597369     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071313     Document Type: Article

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