Racial Discrimination and the Incidence of Hypertension in US Black Women

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 681-687

  Cozier, Yvette ^a   Palmer, Julie R ^a   Horton, Nicholas J ^a   Fredman, Lisa ^a   Wise, Lauren A ^a   Rosenberg, Lynn ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Black Women; Health; Hypertension; Racial Discrimination; Racism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; NULL HYPOTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACISM; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; PREJUDICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33747059568     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2005.11.008     Document Type: Article

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