Overrepresentation of black Americans in psychiatric inpatient care

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 779-785

  Snowden, Lonnie R ^a   Hastings, Julia F ^a   Alvidrez, Jennifer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 66749187921     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.2009.60.6.779     Document Type: Article

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