Screening for depression in African-Caribbean elders

Family Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 591-595

  Rait, Greta ^a   Burns, Alistair ^b   Baldwin, Robert ^c   Morley, Michael ^c   Chew Graham, Carolyn ^b   Selwyn St Leger, A ^b   Abas, Melanie ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d Institute of Psychiatry

Author keywords

Depression; Ethnicity; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RATING SCALE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCREENING; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033406238     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/16.6.591     Document Type: Article

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