Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 105, Issue 1 , Pages 125-136 , January 2008

Socio-economic status over the life-course and depressive symptoms in men and women in Eastern Europe

  • Amanda Nicholson

      Affiliations

    • International Institute for Health and Society, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, 1-19 Torrington Place, London WC1E 6BT, UK. Tel.: +44 20 7679 1725; fax: +44 20 7813 0280.
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  • Hynek Pikhart

      Affiliations

    • International Institute for Health and Society, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, UK
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  • Andrzej Pajak

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Population Studies, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
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  • Sofia Malyutina

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Internal Medicine, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
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  • Ruzena Kubinova

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Environmental Health, National Institute of Public Health, Prague, Czech Republic
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  • Anne Peasey

      Affiliations

    • International Institute for Health and Society, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, UK
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  • Roman Topor-Madry

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Population Studies, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
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  • Yuri Nikitin

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Internal Medicine, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
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  • Nada Capkova

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Environmental Health, National Institute of Public Health, Prague, Czech Republic
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  • Michael Marmot

      Affiliations

    • International Institute for Health and Society, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, UK
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  • Martin Bobak

      Affiliations

    • International Institute for Health and Society, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, UK

Received 26 January 2007 ,Revised 27 April 2007 ,Accepted 27 April 2007.

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☆ Contributors: Amanda Nicholson: corresponding author, participated in the analysis of data and writing of paper. She had full access to all the data in the study and had final responsibility for the decision to submit for publication. Hynek Pikhart participated in the design of the study, data collection, analysis of data and writing of paper. Andrzej Pajak participated in the design of study, data collection and writing the paper. Sofia Malyutina participated in the design of study, data collection and writing the paper. Ruzena Kubinova participated in the design of study, data collection and writing the paper. Anne Peasey participated in the design of the study, data collection, analysis of data and writing of paper. Roman Topor-Madry participated in the design of study, data collection and writing the paper. Yuri Nikitin participated in the design of study, data collection and writing the paper. Nada Capkova participated in the design of study, data collection and writing the paper. Martin Bobak participated in the design of the study, data collection, analysis of data and writing of paper. Michael Marmot participated in the design of study, data collection and writing the paper. All authors contributed to and have approved the final manuscript. Conflict of interest statements: Amanda Nicholson received an honorarium of £200 for writing the following article: Review article: Psychiatric disorders and the risk of CHD. For Current Medical Literature-Psychiatry. 2006. There are no other conflicts of interest. Role of funding source: This study is funded by a grant from the Wellcome Trust “Determinants of Cardiovascular Diseases in Eastern Europe: A multi-centre cohort study” (Reference number 064947/Z/01/Z); a grant from the National Institute on Aging “Health disparities and aging in societies in transition (the HAPIEE study)”, grant number 1R01 AG23522-01; and a grant from MacArthur Foundation “Health and Social Upheaval (a research network)”. MM holds a UK Medical Research Council Research Professorship. The funding sources had no further role in study design; in the collection, analysis and interpretation of data; in the writing of the report; and in the decision to submit the paper for publication.

PII: S0165-0327(07)00171-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2007.04.026

Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 105, Issue 1 , Pages 125-136 , January 2008

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