Race, status attainment, and depression: Intervening effects of consequential life events

Race and Society

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 195-216

  Yang, Renxin ^a  

^a NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0041727478     PISSN: 10909524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1090-9524(00)00013-9     Document Type: Article

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