Depressive distress among homosexually active African American men and women

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 524-529

  Cochran, Susan D ^a   Mays, Vickie M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0028351124     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.151.4.524     Document Type: Article

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