Socioeconomic disadvantage increases risk of prevalent and persistent depression in later life

Background: Depression is more frequent in socioeconomically disadvantaged than affluent neighbourhoods, but this association may be due to confounding. This study aimed to determine the independent association between socioeconomic disadvantage and depression. Methods: We recruited 21,417 older adu...

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Main Authors: Almeida, O., Pirkis, J., Kerse, N., Sim, M., Flicker, L., Snowdon, J., Draper, B., Byrne, G., Lautenschlager, N., Stocks, N., Alfonso, Helman, Pfaff, J.
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/35622