Individual and contextual effects on mental health status in São Paulo, Brazil

Objectives: There is evidence that mental health status is partly determined by socioeconomic status. Recent research in the U.K. has highlighted the importance of place or context as a health determinant. This study aimed to analyze both individual socioeconomic variables and area of residence as p...

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Main Author: Blue Ilona
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP) 2000-01-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-44462000000300004