General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 29, Issue 5 , Pages 450-453 , September 2007

Depression and disability in seasonal and migrant Hispanic agricultural workers

  • Sara E. Mazzoni, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Colorado, Denver, CO 80202, USA
    • ,
  • Patricia E. Boiko, M.D, M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Group Health Factoria Medical Center, Bellevue, WA 98006, USA
    • ,
  • Wayne J. Katon, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Box 356560, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. Tel.: +1 206 543 3927; fax: +1 206 221 5414.
    • ,
  • Joan Russo, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

Received 2 March 2006 ,Accepted 6 June 2007.

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☆ This study was supported by a grant from the New York Academy of Medicine and the Stanley Foundation from the University of Washington Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences.

PII: S0163-8343(07)00125-9

doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2007.06.001

General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 29, Issue 5 , Pages 450-453 , September 2007

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