Social correlates of the chronic stress of perceived racism among black women

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 101-107

  Vines, Anissa I ^a   Baird, Donna D ^c   McNeilly, Maya ^d   Hertz Picciotto, Irva ^e   Light, Kathleen C ^b   Stevens, June ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Perceived racism; Racial discrimination; Racism; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENTAL STRESS; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RACISM; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33744997179     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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