Perceived racism and self and system blame attribution: Consequences for longevity

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 711-721

  LaVeist, Thomas A ^a   Sellers, Robert ^b   Neighbors, Harold W ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Mortality; Racism

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MALE; NEGRO; PERCEPTION; POLITICS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLACKS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POLITICS; PREJUDICE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035464552     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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