Recruitment of African Americans and Asian Americans with late-life depression and mild cognitive impairment

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 734-742

  Bistricky, Steven L ^a   MacKin, R Scott ^b   Chu, Joyce P ^c   Areán, Patricia A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PALO ALTO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Asian; cognitive impairment; executive dysfunction; late life depression; minority; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCREENING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77955126395     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JGP.0b013e3181cc0314     Document Type: Article

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