The lived experience of depression in elderly African American women

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Black, Helen K ^a   White, Tracela ^a   Hannum, Susan M ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESPONSIBILITY; SELF REPORT;

EID: 37349110308     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/62.6.S392     Document Type: Article

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