Mental health of African Americans and Caribbean blacks in the United States: Results from the national epidemiological survey on alcohol and related conditions

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 330-338

  Gibbs, Tresha A ^a,c   Okuda, Mayumi ^a   Oquendo, Maria A ^a   Lawson, William B ^b   Wang, Shuai ^a   Thomas, Yonette Felicity ^b   Blanco, Carlos ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY CHILD STUDY CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CENTRAL AMERICA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDER; NEGRO; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CARIBBEAN REGION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872561321     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.300891     Document Type: Article

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