Demographic factors, social problems and material amenities as predictors of psychological distress: A cross-sectional study in Karachi, Pakistan

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 27-39

  Kidwai, Rubeena ^a  

^a KARACHI INSTITUTE OF ECONOMICS AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Distress; GHQ 12; Karachi; Low income countries; Migrants

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84892569658     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-013-0692-0     Document Type: Article

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