Workplace discrimination and health among Filipinos in the United States

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 520-526

  De Castro, Arnold B ^a   Gee, Gilbert C ^b   Takeuchi, David T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FILIPINO; GENDER; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INCOME; MALE; MORBIDITY; POOR GENERAL CONDITION; RACISM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHILIPPINES; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 40449087217     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.110163     Document Type: Article

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