Realist identification of group-level latent variables for perinatal social epidemiology theory building

International Journal of Health Services

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 407-433

  Eastwood, John Graeme ^a   Jalaludin, Bin Badrudin ^b   Kemp, Lynn Ann ^c   Phung, Hai Ngoc ^d  

^a South Western Local Health District ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PHILOSOPHY; SYMPTOM;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY [NEW SOUTH WALES];

DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84925231755     PISSN: 00207314     EISSN: 15414469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/HS.44.3.a     Document Type: Article

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