Racial variations in major depressive disorder onset among immigrant populations in the United States

Journal of Mental Health

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 260-269

  Lee, Sungkyu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

immigrants in the United States; Major depressive disorder; onset of depression; racial variations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79956153730     PISSN: 09638237     EISSN: 13600567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638237.2011.562260     Document Type: Article

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