Associations of stress and depressive symptoms with cancer in older Mexican Americans

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 698-704

  Schneider, Myra G ^a   Chiriboga, David A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Elderly; Mexican Americans; Neoplasms; Psychological stress

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFE EVENT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; STRESS; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; NEOPLASMS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 27844443561     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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