Acculturation and the Prevalence of Depression in Older Mexican Americans: Baseline Results of the Sacramento Area Latino Study on Aging
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- 1 July 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
- Vol. 49 (7) , 948-953
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1532-5415.2001.49186.x
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: HTo determine the association between acculturation, immigration, and prevalence of depression in older Mexican Americans. DESIGN: Cross‐sectional analysis from a cohort study. SETTING: Ur...Keywords
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