Correlates of depressive symptoms among hispanic older adults living in public housing

Journal of Applied Gerontology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 180-195

  Jang, Yuri ^a   Chiriboga, David A ^a   Herrera, Julio R ^a   Schonfeld, Lawrence ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Depressive symptoms; Health; Hispanic older adults; Social network

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FINANCE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL NETWORK; STRESS;

EID: 77949443489     PISSN: 07334648     EISSN: 15524523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0733464809339592     Document Type: Article

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