Racial/ethnic differences in the prevalence of depressive symptoms among middle-aged women: The Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN)

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 94, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1378-1385

  Bromberger, Joyce T ^a,f   Harlow, Sioban ^b   Avis, Nancy ^c   Kravitz, Howard M ^d   Cordal, Adriana ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 3442889631     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.94.8.1378     Document Type: Article

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