Does income inequality get under the skin? A multilevel analysis of depression, anxiety and mental disorders in São Paulo, Brazil

Alexandre Dias Porto Chiavegatto Filho; Ichiro Kawachi; Yuan Pang Wang; Maria Carmen Viana; Laura Helena Silveira Guerra Andrade

doi:10.1136/jech-2013-202626

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Does income inequality get under the skin? A multilevel analysis of depression, anxiety and mental disorders in São Paulo, Brazil

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Alexandre Dias Porto Chiavegatto Filho Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of São Paulo, São Paulo; Brazil Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Ichiro Kawachi Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Yuan Pang Wang Institute of Psychiatry, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Maria Carmen Viana Institute of Psychiatry, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Laura Helena Silveira Guerra Andrade Institute of Psychiatry, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Dr Alexandre Dias Porto Chiavegatto Filho, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of São Paulo, Av. Dr Arnaldo, 715, São Paulo, SP 01246-904, Brazil, alexdiasporto{at}usp.br

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Chiavegatto Filho ADP, Kawachi I, Wang YP, et al

Does income inequality get under the skin? A multilevel analysis of depression, anxiety and mental disorders in São Paulo, Brazil

J Epidemiol Community Health 2013;67:966-972.

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Received March 12, 2013
Revised May 22, 2013
Accepted July 10, 2013
First published August 1, 2013.

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April 27, 2016

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