High depressive symptomatology among older community-dwelling Mexican Americans: The impact of immigration

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 347-354

  Gerst, Kerstin ^a   Al Ghatrif, Majd ^a,b   Beard, Holly A ^a   Samper Ternent, Rafael ^a   Markides, Kyriakos S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Depressive symptomatology; Hispanic Americans; Immigrants; Mexican Americans

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MEXICO; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MEXICO; RISK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77951963442     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607860903292578     Document Type: Article

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