Understanding depressive symptoms among community-dwelling Chinese older adults in the Greater Chicago area

Journal of Aging and Health

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1155-1171

  Dong, XinQi ^a   Chen, Ruijia ^a   Li, Chengyue ^a   Simon, Melissa A ^b  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese; depressive symptoms; older adults; prevalence

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CHINA; CHINESE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OLDER ADULTS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

CHINESE; DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS; OLDER ADULTS; PREVALENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN AMERICANS; CHICAGO; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84907514722     PISSN: 08982643     EISSN: 15526887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0898264314527611     Document Type: Article

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