Patient ethnicity and the identification and active management of depression in late life

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 165, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 1962-1968

  Gallo, Joseph J ^a   Bogner, Hillary R ^a   Morales, Knashawn H ^a   Ford, Daniel E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ATTITUDE; CAUCASIAN; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEGRO; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; RISK; SENESCENCE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 25444432271     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.165.17.1962     Document Type: Review

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