Commentary: Race and mental health - More questions than answers

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 758-760

  Williams, David R ^a   Earl, Tara R ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANXIETY; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HAPPINESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; LIFE SATISFACTION; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH; MOOD DISORDER; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NOTE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34548585100     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dym114     Document Type: Note

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