Women's Health Issues
Volume 17, Issue 1 , Pages 37-43 , January 2007

Are alcohol problems linked with an increase in depressive symptoms in abused, inner-city African American women?

  • Anuradha Paranjape, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Anuradha Paranjape, MD MPH, 49 Jesse Hill Jr Drive, SE, Atlanta, GA 30303. Phone: 404-778-1638; fax: 404-778-1602/1601.
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  • Sheryl Heron, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
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  • Martie Thompson, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina
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  • Kafi Bethea

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
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  • Triphinia Wallace

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
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  • Nadine Kaslow, PhD, ABPP

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia

Received 9 March 2006 ,Revised 19 June 2006 ,Accepted 22 August 2006.

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 Made possible by a grant from the ASPH/CDC/ATSDR entitled “Interpersonal Violence, Discord and Suicidality in Women” awarded to N.K. and by the Emory Mentored Clinical Research Scholar’s Program funded by a grant from the National Institute of Health (NIH/NCRR) K12 RR017643 awarded to A.P.

PII: S1049-3867(06)00091-0

doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2006.08.004

Women's Health Issues
Volume 17, Issue 1 , Pages 37-43 , January 2007

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