Life events, chronic stressors, and depressive symptoms in low-income Urban mothers with asthmatic children: Populations at risk across the lifespan: Population studies

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 297-306

  Kub, Joan ^a,d   Jennings, Jacky M ^b   Donithan, Michele ^c   Walker, Jennifer M ^b   Land, Cassia Lewis ^b   Butz, Arlene ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Chronic illness; Depression; Mothers

Indexed keywords

EID: 68149100544     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: 15251446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.2009.00784.x     Document Type: Article

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