Racial and gender discrimination: Risk factors for high blood pressure?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 1990, Pages 1273-1281

  Krieger, Nancy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

blacks; gender discrimination; hypertension; racial discrimination; social class

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; STRESS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLACKS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGE; PILOT PROJECTS; PREJUDICE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; UNITED STATES; WHITES;

EID: 0025370170     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(90)90307-E     Document Type: Article

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