Racial discrimination and blood pressure: The CARDIA study of young black and white adults

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 86, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1370-1378

  Krieger, Nancy ^a,b   Sidney, Stephen ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0029958092     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.86.10.1370     Document Type: Article

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