Prevalence of depressive symptoms in New Mexico Hispanic and non-Hispanic white elderly

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 691-697

  Romero, Linda J ^a   Ortiz, Irene E ^b   Finley, M Rosina ^a   Wayne, Sharon ^a   Lindeman, Robert D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Depressive symptoms; Elderly; Hispanic

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CAUCASIAN; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICARE; PREVALENCE; RECIPIENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEW MEXICO; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 27844440347     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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