Socioeconomic inequalities in adolescent depression in South Korea: a multilevel analysis.

BACKGROUND: In recent years, South Korea has witnessed a sustained rise in the prevalence of adolescent depression. In the present study, we sought to investigate family and school environmental influences on adolescent depression. METHODS AND FINDINGS: Middle and high school students (N = 75,066) w...

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Main Authors: Hye Yin Park, Jongho Heo, S V Subramanian, Ichiro Kawachi, Juhwan Oh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3471941?pdf=render