Black-white differences in depressive symptoms among older adults over time

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Skarupski, Kimberly A ^a,b   Mendes De Leon, Carlos F ^a,b,c   Bienias, Julia L ^a,b   Barnes, Lisa L ^b,c   Everson Rose, Susan A ^a,b,c   Wilson, Robert S ^a,b,c   Evans, Denis A ^a,b,c  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Department of Neurological Sciences ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; TIME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 18244368715     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/60.3.P136     Document Type: Article

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