Race/ethnicity, income, chronic asthma, and mental health: A cross-sectional study using the behavioral risk factor surveillance system

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 77-84

  Bandiera, Frank C ^a   Pereira, Deidre B ^a   Arif, Ahmed A ^b   Dodge, Brian ^c   Asal, Nabih ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Ethnic minorities; Income; Mental health; Racial minorities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSION; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 38149074020     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e31815ff3ad     Document Type: Article

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