Depression in the Chinese: The impact of acculturation

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1475-1483

  Parker, Gordon ^a   Chan, Bibiana ^a   Tully, Lucy ^a   Eisenbruch, Maurice ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOMATIZATION;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AUSTRALIA; CHINA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; TAIWAN;

EID: 26444456074     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291705005623     Document Type: Article

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