Differences in the structure of depression among older Asian Indian immigrants in the United States

Journal of Applied Gerontology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 370-384

  Diwan, Sadhna ^a,d,e   Jonnalagadda, Satya S ^b,f   Gupta, Rashmi ^c,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Tarrant County College   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^e The University of Chicago   (United States)

^f Novartis Medical Nutrition   (United States)

^g India Association of North Texas   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Depression; Emotion; Immigrants

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INDIAN; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 8144229602     PISSN: 07334648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0733464804270584     Document Type: Review

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