Income inequality, socioeconomic deprivation and depressive symptoms among older adults in Mexico.

OBJECTIVE: Depression is the second most common mental disorder in older adults (OA) worldwide. The ways in which depression is influenced by the social determinants of health - specifically, by socioeconomic deprivation, income inequality and social capital - have been analyzed with only partially...

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Main Authors: Julián Alfredo Fernández-Niño, Betty Soledad Manrique-Espinoza, Ietza Bojorquez-Chapela, Aarón Salinas-Rodríguez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4176015?pdf=render