Does question comprehension limit the utility of the geriatric depression scale in older African Americans? [8]

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1511-1512

  Flacker, Jonathan M ^a,b   Spiro, Louise ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Grady Health Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPREHENSION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0141889069     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2003.514848.x     Document Type: Letter

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