Combined racial and gender differences in the long-term predictive role of education on depressive symptoms and chronic medical conditions

Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 385-396

  Assari, Shervin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Blacks; Chronic medical conditions; Depression; Education; Ethnic groups; Gender; Whites

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANCESTRY GROUP; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85013675572     PISSN: 21973792     EISSN: 21968837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40615-016-0239-7     Document Type: Article

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