Similarities and differences in depression among black and white nursing home residents

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 175-184

  Harralson, Tina L ^a   White, Tracela M ^a   Regenberg, Alan C ^a   Kallan, Michael J ^a   Ten Have, Tom ^a   Parmelee, Patricia A ^a   Johnson, Jerry C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NURSING HOME; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0036084898     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019442-200203000-00008     Document Type: Article

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