Rural-urban variations in psychological distress: findings from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2007

Satvinder Dhingra (), Tara Strine, James Holt, Joyce Berry and Ali Mokdad

International Journal of Public Health, 2009, vol. 54, issue 1, 16-22

Abstract: This is the first study to our knowledge reporting rural and urban prevalence of psychological distress derived from population-based, county-level data for 94 counties in the United States. Copyright Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel 2009

Keywords: Mental health; Psychological distress; Rural health; Urban health; Rural-urban continuum codes; Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1007/s00038-009-0002-5

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