The prevalence of phobia and its associated factors in a multiracial aging urban population

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 507-514

  Cohen, Carl I ^a   Magai, Carol ^b   Yaffee, Robert ^c   Huangthaisong, Pongsak ^a,c   Walcott Brown, Lorna ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Aging; Depression; Elderly; Phobia; Urban

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHOBIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING; URBAN AREA;

EID: 33744908811     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.JGP.0000196633.42504.1b     Document Type: Article

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