Exploring depression among a cohort of african american women

Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 161-169

  Waite, Roberta ^a   Killian, Priscilla ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American women; Depression; Detection; Perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447264813     PISSN: 10783903     EISSN: 15325725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1078390307304996     Document Type: Article

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