Returning to the "Homeland": Work-related ethnic discrimination and the health of Japanese Brazilians in Japan

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 743-750

  Asakura, Takashi ^a   Gee, Gilbert C ^b   Nakayama, Kazuhiro ^c   Niwa, Sayuri ^d  

^a TOKYO GAKUGEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c ST LUKE'S INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d CHUBU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; JAPANESE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RACISM; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; WELLBEING; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKING TIME; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS; MIGRATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; JAPAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 41949115637     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.117309     Document Type: Article

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