Urban social stress – Risk factor for mental disorders. The case of schizophrenia

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 183, Issue , 2013, Pages 2-6

  Lederbogen, Florian ^a   Haddad, Leila ^a   Meyer Lindenberg, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mental disorder; Schizophrenia; Stress; Urban

Indexed keywords

EXPOSED TO; HEALTH DISORDERS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MINORITY GROUPS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; URBAN; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; URBAN POPULATION;

DISEASES;

COMPLICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; POLLUTION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84891702334     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2013.05.046     Document Type: Article

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