Protective neighborhoods: Neighborhood proportion of Mexican Americans and depressive symptoms in very old Mexican Americans

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 353-358

  Gerst, Kerstin ^a,c   Miranda, Patricia Y ^b   Eschbach, Karl ^c   Sheffield, Kristin M ^c   Peek, M Kristen ^c   Markides, Kyriakos S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

depressive symptoms; Mexican Americans; neighborhood context; sex

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCREENING; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79951617118     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03244.x     Document Type: Article

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