Measuring depression of elderly chinese americans: A replication study

Home Health Care Services Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 69-85

  Lai, Daniel W L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chinese; Culture; Depression; GDS; Geriatrics; Mental health; Seniors

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; CULTURE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0041703047     PISSN: 01621424     EISSN: 15450856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J027v22n02_05     Document Type: Article

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