Do changes in socioeconomic factors lead to changes in mental health? Findings from three waves of a population based panel study

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 253-260

  Mckenzie, Sarah K ^a   Gunasekara, Fiona Imlach ^a   Richardson, Ken ^a   Carter, Kristie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIO-ECONOMIC; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENTAL HEALTH; SOCIO-ECONOMIC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POVERTY; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894066193     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2013-203013     Document Type: Article

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