Neighborhood environment and internalizing problems in African American children

Community Mental Health Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 39-44

  Milam, Adam J ^a   Furr Holden, C Debra ^a   Whitaker, Damiya ^a   Smart, Mieka ^a   Leaf, Philip ^a   Cooley Strickland, Michele ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Gender; Mental health; Urban health; Youth

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANXIETY; BALTIMORE; CHILD; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; URBAN HEALTH; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84858860779     PISSN: 00103853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10597-011-9379-8     Document Type: Article

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