The relation between perceived unfair treatment and blood pressure in a racially/ethnically diverse sample of women

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 164, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 257-262

  Brown, Charlotte ^a   Matthews, Karen A ^a,b   Bromberger, Joyce T ^a,b   Chang, Yuefang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Continental population groups; Ethnic groups; Prejudice

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

BLOOD; DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACISM; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERCEPTION; RACE DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33747886542     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwj196     Document Type: Article

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