“Being black and feeling blue”: The mental health consequences of racial discrimination

Race and Society

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 117-131

  Brown, Tony N ^a   Williams, David R ^a   Jackson, James S ^a   Neighbors, Harold W ^a   Torres, Myriam ^a   Sellers, Sherrill L ^b   Brown, Kendrick T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MACALESTER COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0001364604     PISSN: 10909524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1090-9524(00)00010-3     Document Type: Article

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