Investigation of the disparity between New York city and national prevalence of nonspecific psychological distress among Hispanics

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Albrecht, Sandra S ^a,b   McVeigh, Katharine H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATA COLLECTION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868304307     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5888/pcd9.110104     Document Type: Article

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