Clinically Relevant Levels of Depressive Symptoms in Community-Dwelling Middle-Aged African Americans

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 741-748

  Miller, Douglas K ^a,b,c,e   Malmstrom, Theodore K ^a   Joshi, Seema ^a   Andresen, Elena M ^b   Morley, John E ^a,c   Wolinsky, Fredric D ^a,b,d  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR AGING RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Blacks; Inadequate treatment; Mood disorders; Poverty; Social support

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MISSOURI; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 2342529620     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2004.52211.x     Document Type: Article

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