Overt and subtle racial discrimination and mental health: Preliminary findings for Korean immigrants

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 97, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1269-1274

  Noh, Samuel ^a,b   Kaspar, Violet ^a,b   Wickrama, K A S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN; CANADA; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INCOME; KOREA; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MOOD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RACISM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ADULT; AFFECT; ASIAN AMERICAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; INTERVIEW; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AFFECT; ASIAN AMERICANS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; KOREA; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; ONTARIO; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 34548447198     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.085316     Document Type: Article

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