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Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 432321, 8 pages
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Research Article

Factors Associated with Anxiety and Depression among African American and White Women

Kalycia Trishana Watson,1 Nehezi M. Roberts,2,3 and Milda R. Saunders4

1Department of Urban Planning and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago, 412 S. Peoria, Room 215, MC 348, Chicago, IL 60607, USA
2University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
3University of Chicago Medical Center, 5841 South Maryland Avenue, MC 5000, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
4Section of Hospital Medicine and MacLean Center for Medical Ethics, University of Chicago Medical Center, 5841 South Maryland Avenue, MC 5000, Chicago, IL 60637, USA

Received 5 October 2011; Accepted 25 October 2011

Academic Editors: C. R. Bowie, C. U. Lee, and C. Toni

Copyright © 2012 Kalycia Trishana Watson et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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