Depressive symptoms and health problems among Chinese immigrant elders in the US and Chinese elders in China

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 695-704

  Wu, Bei ^a   Chi, Iris ^b   Plassman, Brenda L ^c   Guo, Man ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cross national international studies; cultural aspects; depression

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHINA; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MASS SCREENING; MIGRATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES; VIDEORECORDING;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BOSTON; CHINA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 77955341693     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607860802427994     Document Type: Article

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