Built Environment and Depression in Low-Income African Americans and Whites

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 74-84

  James, Peter ^a,b   Hart, Jaime E ^a,b   Banay, Rachel F ^a   Laden, Francine ^a,b   Signorello, Lisa B ^a,c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG USE; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NEIGHBORHOOD; NOISE POLLUTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION DENSITY; PRESCRIPTION; SMOKING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WALKING; CAUCASIAN; CITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CITIES; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; WALKING;

EID: 85001129221     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: 18732607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2016.08.022     Document Type: Article

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