Depressive symptoms in four racial and ethnic groups: The Survey of Older Floridians (SOF)

Research on Aging

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 488-502

  Jang, Yuri ^a,c   Chiriboga, David A ^a   Kim, Giyeon ^b   Phillips, Karon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Depressive symptoms; Mental health; Minority elders

Indexed keywords

EID: 44849099978     PISSN: 01640275     EISSN: 15527573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0164027508316617     Document Type: Article

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