Patterns of Dysphoria in a Puerto Rican Urban Community

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 93-98

  Jaén, Carlos Roberto ^a   Chadha, Sunita ^a   Tumiel, Laurene M ^a   O'Shea, Robert ^a   Deibel Braun, Mary Ann ^a   Zayas, Luis E ^a   Pollock, Donald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Dysphoria; Hispanic Americans; Mental health services; Psychosocial factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDER; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PUERTO RICO; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; NEW YORK; POVERTY AREAS; PREVALENCE; PUERTO RICO; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0031989791     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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