Impact of culture on depressive symptoms of elderly Chinese immigrants

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 820-827

  Lai, Daniel W L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chinese Canadians; Depression; Elderly Chinese immigrants; Prevalence of depressive symptoms

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHINESE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYMPTOM; TELEPHONE; WELLBEING;

EID: 12744279571     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674370404901205     Document Type: Article

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