High Risk of Depression in High-Income African American Boys

Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 808-819

  Assari, Shervin ^a   Caldwell, Cleopatra H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Blacks; Depression; Ethnic groups; Ethnicity; Gender; Income; Socioeconomic status (SES)

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; BLACK PERSON; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WEST INDIES;

EID: 85028336075     PISSN: 21973792     EISSN: 21968837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40615-017-0426-1     Document Type: Article

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