Race, socioeconomic status, and perceived discrimination among healthy women

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 441-451

  Watson, Jennifer M ^a   Scarinci, Isabel C ^a   Klesges, Robert C ^a   Slawson, Deborah ^a   Beech, Bettina M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; WORK ENVIRONMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; PREJUDICE; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0036598744     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/15246090260137617     Document Type: Article

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