Depression among African American nursing home patients with dementia

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 162-175

  Cohen, Carl I ^a,b   Hyland, Kathryn ^a   Magai, Carol ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Psychiatry   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; NURSING HOME; RACE DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0031925403     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019442-199805000-00010     Document Type: Article

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