Symptoms of depression among community-dwelling elderly African-American and white older adults.

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Published in Psychol Med on November 01, 1998

Authors

D G Blazer1, L R Landerman, J C Hays, E M Simonsick, W B Saunders

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.

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