What about African American older women and depressive symptoms?

Educational Gerontology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 310-320

  Baldwin Clark, Tamika ^a   Ofahengaue Vakalahi, Halaevalu F ^b   Anderson, Brian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84961207281     PISSN: 03601277     EISSN: 15210472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03601277.2015.1121749     Document Type: Article

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