Nonlinear relationship between length of residence and depression in a community-based sample of Vietnamese Americans

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 85-94

  Tran, Thanh V ^a   Manalo, Victor ^b   Nguyen, Victor T D ^c  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Saint Ignatius College Preparatory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IMMIGRANT; MALE; REFUGEE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLE SIZE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; UNITED STATES; VIET NAM;

ACCULTURATION; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFUGEES; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; VIETNAM;

EID: 33846942690     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764007075025     Document Type: Article

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