Racial differences in discrimination experiences and responses among minority substance users

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 521-527

  Minior, Thomas ^a   Galea, Sandro ^b   Stuber, Jennifer ^b   Ahern, Jennifer ^b   Ompad, Danie ^b  

^a MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Black; Discrimination; Illicit drug use; Latino; Substance use

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYER; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIEND; GENDER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MINORITY GROUP; NEGRO; POLICE; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; PREJUDICE; REJECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0242407571     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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