Racism and hypertension among African Americans

Western Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 612-631

  Peters, Rosalind M ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotions; Hypertension; Racism; Stress

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGER; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RACE RELATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 4644279889     PISSN: 01939459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193945904265816     Document Type: Article

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