Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 44, Issue 5 , Pages 420-427 , September 2003

Depression trajectories in relatively recent immigrants

  • Karen J Aroian

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Karen Aroian, Ph.D., Wayne State University, Cohn Building, 5557 Cass Ave, Detroit, MI 48202, USA
    • Wayne State University, College of Nursing and Department of Anthropology, Detroit, MI, USA
    • ,
  • Anne E Norris

      Affiliations

    • Boston College School of Nursing, Boston, MA, USA

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☆ This work was conducted through Boston College and was funded by the National Institutes of Health R29 NR 02866.

PII: S0010-440X(03)00103-2

doi: 10.1016/S0010-440X(03)00103-2

Comprehensive Psychiatry
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