Caregiving outside of the home: The effects of race on depression

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 41-57

  Drentea, Patricia ^a   Goldner, Melinda A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Caregiving; Depression; Race

Indexed keywords

ETHNICITY; HEALTH WORKER; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MENTAL HEALTH; RACE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CAREGIVER; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PHYSICAL DISEASE; RACE; RACE DIFFERENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIGION; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRESS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CAREGIVERS; DEPRESSION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 28844483737     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557850500286396     Document Type: Review

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