Ethnic differences in trajectories of depressive symptoms: Disadvantage in family background, high school experiences, and adult characteristics

Journal of Health and Social Behavior

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 82-98

  Walsemann, Katrina M ^a   Gee, Gilbert C ^b   Geronimus, Arline T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEPRESSION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 66149136412     PISSN: 00221465     EISSN: 21506000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002214650905000106     Document Type: Article

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