Racism and the physical and mental health status of African Americans: A thirteen year national panel study

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 132-147

  Jackson, James S ^a   Brown, Tony N ^a   Williams, David R ^a   Torres, Myriam ^a   Sellers, Sherrill L ^a   Brown, Kendrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Health; Mental Health; National Longitudinal Panel; Racism

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PREJUDICE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030476045     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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