Gender and racial correlates of personal control among emotionally disturbed older adults

International Journal of Aging and Human Development

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-15

  Nemeroff, Robin ^a   Midlarsky, Elizabeth ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

PIERINAE;

EID: 0034066589     PISSN: 00914150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/LAWJ-N95B-NQRY-RCF6     Document Type: Article

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