Effects of racial/ethnic discrimination on the health status of minority veterans

Military Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 331-338

  Sohn, Linda ^a   Harada, Nancy D ^a  

^a VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ASIAN; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MILITARY SERVICE; MINORITY GROUP; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PERCEPTION; RACE DIFFERENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; VETERAN;

EID: 42149107376     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.173.4.331     Document Type: Conference Paper

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