Depressive symptoms in community-dwelling elderly korean immigrants and elderly Koreans: Cross-cultural comparison

Research in Gerontological Nursing

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 262-269

  Sin, Mo Kyung ^a   Choe, Myoung Ae ^b   Kim, Jeungim ^c   Chae, Young Ran ^d   Jeon, Mi Yang ^e  

^a SEATTLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

^d Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

^e Keukdong College   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRATION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX RATIO; SOUTH KOREA; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN AMERICANS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEPRESSION; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WASHINGTON;

EID: 79952108693     PISSN: 19404921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/19404921-20100108-01     Document Type: Article

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