Psychiatry Research
Volume 109, Issue 1 , Pages 61-69 , 31 January 2002

Measurement adequacy of the CES-D among a sample of older African–Americans

  • Kristie Long Foley

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Piedmont Plaza II, Suite 512, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA
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  • Peter S Reed

      Affiliations

    • Center on Minority Aging, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 730 Airport Rd, CB# 3465, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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  • Elizabeth J Mutran

      Affiliations

    • Center on Minority Aging, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 730 Airport Rd, CB# 3465, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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  • Robert F DeVellis

      Affiliations

    • Thurston Arthritis Research Center and Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of North Carolina, 730 Airport Rd, CB# 3465, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA

Received 10 July 2001 ,Revised 3 December 2001 ,Accepted 4 December 2001.

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