Psychiatric disorders in African American nursing home residents

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 153, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 677-681

  Class, C Andrew ^a   Unverzagt, Frederick W ^b   Gao, Sujuan ^b   Hall, Kathleen S ^b   Baiyewu, Olusegun ^b   Hendrie, Hugh C ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; DISABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; NEGRO; NURSING HOME; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0030007477     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.153.5.677     Document Type: Article

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