Depressive Mood Among Within-Country Migrants in Periurban Shantytowns of Lima, Peru

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1635-1642

  Ruiz Grosso, Paulo ^a   Bernabe Ortiz, Antonio ^a,b   Diez Canseco, Francisco ^a   Gilman, Robert H ^a,c,d   Checkley, William ^a,c,e   Bennett, Ian M ^f   Miranda, J Jaime ^a,b  

^a CRONICAS CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN CHRONIC DISEASES   (Peru)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d ASOCIACIÓN BENÉFICA PRISMA   (Peru)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adults; Depression; Mental health; Migration; Peru

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PERU; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIME FACTOR; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERU; POVERTY AREAS; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84946481313     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-014-0121-9     Document Type: Article

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