A comparison of US-born African-American and African-Caribbean psychiatric outpatients

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 117-123

  Cohen, Carl I ^a,b   Berment, Francesca ^a   Magai, Carol ^a  

^a LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; African Caribbeans; Psychiatric outpatients

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEGRO; OUTPATIENT; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ALCOHOLISM; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; OUTPATIENTS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; WEST INDIES;

EID: 0031068118     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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