Perceived racism and ambulatory blood pressure in African American College students

Journal of Black Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 404-421

  Hill, Labarron K ^a   Kobayashi, Ihori ^b   Hughes, Joel W ^b,c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Ambulatory monitoring; Blood pressure; Discrimination; Racism

Indexed keywords

EID: 35148863082     PISSN: 00957984     EISSN: 15524558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0095798407307042     Document Type: Article

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