Income inequality among American states and the incidence of major depression

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 110-115

  Pabayo, Roman ^a   Kawachi, Ichiro ^a   Gilman, Stephen E ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCOME; INEQUALITIES; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; POLLUTION; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INEQUALITIES; MENTAL HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INCOME; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894042484     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2013-203093     Document Type: Article

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