Internalized racism is associated with elevated fasting glucose in a sample of adult women but not men in Zimbabwe

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 731-735

  Tull, Eugene S ^a,b   Cort, Malcolm A ^a,c   Gwebu, Ephraim T ^a,b,d   Gwebu, Keratiloe ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b OAKWOOD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ATHENS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ELIZABETH CITY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Tidewater Community College   (United States)

Author keywords

Glucose intolerance; Internalized racism; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; NEGRO; OBESITY; RACISM; SEX DIFFERENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ZIMBABWE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX FACTORS; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 36349017314     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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