Social support as a buffer for perceived unfair treatment among Filipino Americans: Differences between San Francisco and Honolulu

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 677-684

  Gee, Gilbert C ^a   Chen, Juan ^a   Spencer, Michael S ^a   See, Sarita ^a   Kuester, Oliva A ^a   Tran, Diem ^b   Takeuchi, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FILIPINO; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RACISM; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING;

ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HAWAII; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; PHILIPPINES; PREJUDICE; SAN FRANCISCO; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33645471800     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.060442     Document Type: Article

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