The association between self-rated mental health and symptoms of depression in Korean American older adults

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 481-485

  Jang, Yuri ^a   Park, Nan Sook ^a   Kim, Giyeon ^b   Kwag, Kyung Hwa ^c   Roh, Soonhee ^d   Chiriboga, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

depressive symptoms; Korean American older adults; self rated mental health

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; KOREA; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEW YORK CITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84859705568     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2011.628981     Document Type: Article

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