Disentangling the relative influence of schools and neighborhoods on adolescents' risk for depressive symptoms

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 732-740

  Dunn, Erin C ^a   Milliren, Carly E ^b   Evans, Clare R ^c   Subramanian, S V ^c   Richmond, Tracy K ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; SCHOOL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SCHOOLS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84924691892     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302374     Document Type: Article

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